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Older Man with Young Girl, from an untitled erotic series


春画シリーズ 少女と年上の男
Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671–1750)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.2 × 38.3 cm (9 15/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.317.7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOne of seven woodblock prints mounted as a handscroll, RES.09.317.1-7.
Signed Karaku Yamato Eshi Bunkadô Nishikawa Sukenobu zu
花洛大和画司 文華堂西川祐信図
Marks Artist's seals
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)