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吉原傾城新美人合自筆鏡 序
Preface, from the album Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami (New Beauties of the Yoshiwara in the Mirror of their Own Script)
吉原傾城新美人合自筆鏡 序
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden) (Japanese, 1761–1816)
Japanese
Edo period
1784 (Tenmei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal double ôban; 37.3 x 50.5 cm (14 11/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42322
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe complete album: 11.26658-64 (pictures) plus 11.42322-23 (text panels and covers).
MFA impressions of the intact book: 34.394 (2nd edition), 2006.1341 (2nd edition), 2006.1589 (1st edition)
MFA impressions of the intact book: 34.394 (2nd edition), 2006.1341 (2nd edition), 2006.1589 (1st edition)
Signed
(this page unsigned)
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.