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Geigi to nakai (Fuyu fûzoku)
芸妓と仲居
Geisha and Waitress
Geigi to nakai (Fuyu fûzoku)
芸妓と仲居
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
about latter half of the Bunka era (1804–18)
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, silver, and mica on silk
Dimensions
Image: 161.5 x 82 cm (63 9/16 x 32 5/16 in.)
Overall: 273 x 107 cm (107 1/2 x 42 1/8 in.)
Overall: 273 x 107 cm (107 1/2 x 42 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7583
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 54; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 339
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.