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一人の若衆に二人の女
Young Man with Two Women, from an untitled erotic series
一人の若衆に二人の女
Sugimura Jihei (Japanese, active about 1680–1698)
Japanese
Edo period
mid 1680s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 22.8 × 34.5 cm (9 × 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.314.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sebastian Izzard sale cat. 12, no. 23; Shibui, Estampes Erotiques Primitives du Japan, vol. II (1928), pl. XXXVII
DescriptionThe handscroll numbered RES.09.314.1 to .19 contains:
Set of eleven hand-colored horizontal ôban prints by Sugimura Jihei; the print numbered 8 in the Izzard catalogue is missing.
On the back of the first three prints, two double-page spreads from books, two horizontal chûban by Harunobu, and four small erotic prints, plus drawings of decorative motifs (probably used as recycled paper).
Set of eleven hand-colored horizontal ôban prints by Sugimura Jihei; the print numbered 8 in the Izzard catalogue is missing.
On the back of the first three prints, two double-page spreads from books, two horizontal chûban by Harunobu, and four small erotic prints, plus drawings of decorative motifs (probably used as recycled paper).
Signed
"Sugimura" partly visible on the obi of the woman near the lower edge
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)