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二芸者 （柳の糸）
Two Geisha with a Shamisen
二芸者 （柳の糸）
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1780 (An'ei 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 70.3 x 12.3 cm (27 11/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25139
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #413 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #444; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #665; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #269, pl. LXXXVII
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
InscriptionsPoem: Ito suji o/ wakete yanagi no/ tegara ka na
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.