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遊女
Courtesans, with poems by Jippensha Ikku
遊女
Japanese
Edo period
about 1813–14 (Bunka 10–11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.2 x 23.5 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26676-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.26676 (left), 11.26677 (right)
Signed
Eizan hitsu (on each sheet)
英山筆
英山筆
Marks
Censor's seals (at right edge, almost cut off): kiwame, Marubun (Maruya Bun'emon)
InscriptionsPoems by Jippensha Ikku
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.