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Illustration from the book Kōshoku Edo Murasaki (A Love Tale of the Purple of Edo)
Furuyama Moroshige (Japanese, active about 1684–1704)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1686 (Jōkyō 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
Two pages; 18.2 × 26.5 cm (7 3/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.314.12
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
https://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/he13/he13_04441/he13_04441_0001/he13_04441_0001.html
DescriptionTwo illustrations from the same book: RES.09.314.12 and RES.09.314.13
The 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 book illustrations, two horizontal chûban by Harunobu, and four small erotic prints, plus drawings of decorative motifs (probably used as recycled paper).
The 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 book illustrations, two horizontal chûban by Harunobu, and four small erotic prints, plus drawings of decorative motifs (probably used as recycled paper).
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)