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Woman Holding a Fan


Uchiwa o motsu tachibijin
団扇を持つ立美人
Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773–1810)
Japanese
Edo period
latter half of Kansei era (1795–1801)

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions Image: 86.4 x 37.1 cm (34 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7572
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #147; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 343
Signed Utagawa Kunimasa ga
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.