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Kyômen bijin zu
鏡面美人図
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Woman Looking at Herself in a Mirror
Kyômen bijin zu
鏡面美人図
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1805 (Bunka 2)
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and mica on silk
Dimensions
Image: 138.1 × 57.3 cm (54 3/8 × 22 9/16 in.)
Mounted: 224.4 × 69.2 cm (88 5/16 × 27 1/4 in.)
Overall: 226.8 × 76.4 × 3.2 cm (89 5/16 × 30 1/16 × 1 1/4 in.)
Mounted: 224.4 × 69.2 cm (88 5/16 × 27 1/4 in.)
Overall: 226.8 × 76.4 × 3.2 cm (89 5/16 × 30 1/16 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7424
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 172; Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 59; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 379
Signed
Dokuryu Kukushin Hokusai ga
独流九々蜃北斎画
独流九々蜃北斎画
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.