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三味線稽古の邪魔 （春画）
Interrupting Shamisen Practice, from an untitled erotic series
三味線稽古の邪魔 （春画）
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.324.7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionOne of ten woodblock prints mounted as a handscroll, RES.09.324.1 to .10. The seal of Eisen ("sen" in a circle) is concealed in the background of RES.09.324.6, on the discarded green garment behind the lovers. Each print in the group has a different decorative border; it is unclear whether each is from a different series, or whether this is a single series for which the artist chose to vary the borders.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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)