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縁側に遊女と客
Courtesan, Client, and Attendant on a Veranda, from an untitled erotic series
縁側に遊女と客
Attributed to: Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694)
Japanese
Edo period
1680s–90s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color added later
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 23.5 × 32.3 cm (9 1/4 × 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.313.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Art Mus., Hishikawa Moronobu ten (2000), p. 217, fig. 10-12
DescriptionOne of a set of eight woodblock prints mounted as an album, RES.09.313.1-8.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
ProvenanceBy 1909, sold by an unidentified collector or dealer in Japan to William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1909, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1909)