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Fumi yomu bijin
文読む美人図
Woman Reading a Letter
Fumi yomu bijin
文読む美人図
Katsushika Hokusai II (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Edo period
about Bunsei era (1818–30)
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 80.4 x 28.5 cm (31 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.123
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, "Frilly Undergarments ...," in Carpenter, ed., Hokusai and His Age (2005), p. 84, fig. 11; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 425 MFA, Bosuton bijutsukan nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, v. 3 (2000), pl. 87
ProvenancePrior to 1911 purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow; 1911 given to the Museum by William Sturgis Bigelow