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雪の肌
Young Woman Entering a Bath: Skin Like Snow
雪の肌
Ishikawa Toyonobu (Japanese, 1711–1785)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1760s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 69.6 x 10.5 cm (27 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21280
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #127; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #385; Ukiyo-e taisei 3 (1931), #33
DescriptionThe poem reads:
As the tie cords
gradually unravel,
skin like snow.
(Shitahimo no/ tandan tokete/ yuki no hada)
As the tie cords
gradually unravel,
skin like snow.
(Shitahimo no/ tandan tokete/ yuki no hada)
Signed
Ishikawa Toyonobu zu
石川豊信筆
石川豊信筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Toyonobu
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.
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.