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Onnasendô, Ryoshi-no tsuma
女船頭
The Female Captain of the Boat
Onnasendô, Ryoshi-no tsuma
女船頭
Numata Gessai (Utamasa) (Japanese, 1787–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
about Bunsei era (1818–30) ?
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 91.9 x 33 cm (36 3/16 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7340
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 312
Signed
Gessai
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.