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Courtesan in the Snow at the New Year


Shinnen sekichu no yûjo
新年雪中の遊女
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
Bunka era (1804–18)

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions Image: 96.2 x 32.1 cm (37 7/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Overall: 191.5 x 45 cm (75 3/8 x 17 11/16 in.); including height of hanging cord and length of roller
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4628
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 227
Signed Shunman
ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum.