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家紋の春画シリーズ かいまきふとんと枕に男女
Couple with Pillow and Padded Kimono, from an untitled erotic series with courtesan crests
家紋の春画シリーズ かいまきふとんと枕に男女
Japanese
Edo period
about 1700s–1710s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
19.6 × 28.5 cm (7 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.316.9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionEleven woodblock prints mounted as a handscroll, RES.09.316.1-11.
For another version of this design, possibly a pirate edition, see RES.09.315.5.
For another version of this design, possibly a pirate edition, see RES.09.315.5.
Signed
(Yamato eshi Torii Kiyonobu, on the final sheet in the series)
(大和絵師鳥居清信)
(大和絵師鳥居清信)
Marks
(Publisher's mark on final sheet only)
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)