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屋形船の美人
Women in a Pleasure Boat
屋形船の美人
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38 x 50.3 cm (14 15/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15732, 11.15736
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych?): 11.15732 (left), 11.15736 (right)
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Konomi ni makasete Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on left sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画 好にまかせて香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画 好にまかせて香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.