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立姿遊女
Standing Courtesan
立姿遊女
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (aizuri-e); color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 76 x 25 cm (29 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Overall: 123 x 29.5 cm (48 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Overall: 123 x 29.5 cm (48 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28587
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #287; Graybill et al, The Artist's Touch, the Craftsman's Hand (Portland Art Museum cat., 2011), p. 214, #95
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.28587, 54.1550
Signed
Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画
渓斎英泉画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.