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Endai bijin zu
縁台美人図
Courtesan Seated on a Bench
Endai bijin zu
縁台美人図
Kaigetsudô Anchi (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Edo period
about Hôei (1704–11) - Shôtoku (1711–6) eras
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 96.8 x 51 cm (38 1/8 x 20 1/16 in. )
Overall (including braid): 204.3 x 75 cm
Overall (including braid): 204.3 x 75 cm
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7495
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 8; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 70; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #83
Signed
Yamato giga Kaigetsudô matsuyo Anchi kore kore [o] zu [su]
Marks
seal illegible
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.