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Gekka no yûjo zu
月下の遊女図
Courtesan Processing Under the Full Moon
Gekka no yûjo zu
月下の遊女図
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about Tenpô era (1830–44)
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 92 x 32.1 cm (36 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7588
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 369; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), p. 257, fig. 31, painting checklist (by T. Clark) #1
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
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.