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The Spirit of a Courtesan in Incense Smoke


反魂香
Yanagawa Shigenobu I (Japanese, 1787–1832)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 21.8 x 17.8 cm (8 9/16 x 7 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21006
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Yanagawa Shigenobu
柳川重信
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.