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春画シリーズ 少年俳優（色子？）と女
Woman with Young Actor, from an untitled erotic series
春画シリーズ 少年俳優（色子？）と女
Japanese
Edo period
1710s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 27 x 36.7 cm (10 5/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.315.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionOne of a group of ten woodblock prints from an album, RES.09.315.1 to .10. The series probably consisted originally of twelve sheets and may have had the names of the artist and publisher on the twelfth sheet, now missing. The designs are based on a series signed by Torii Kiyonobu I, RES.09.316.1 to .11. Kiyonobu's series includes the crest of a courtesan in the upper part of each picture, but in this version the crests have been replaced by small objects that are part of the actual scenes represented.
This design, RES.09.315.1, is based on RES.09.316.7.
This design, RES.09.315.1, is based on RES.09.316.7.
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)