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煙管を持つ花魁図
Courtesan Holding a Pipe
煙管を持つ花魁図
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
mid–1740s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 128.2 x 16.0 cm (50 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13335
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asia Soc./JASA, Designed for Pleasure (2008), p. 72, fig. 48; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #75; Ukiyo-e taisei 3 (1931), #155
DescriptionOther impressions in Art Institute of Chicago and Tokyo National Museum.
Signed
Hôgetsudô Tanchôsai hashira-e kongen Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu shôhitsu
方月堂丹鳥斎 はしら絵根元 奥村文角政信正筆
方月堂丹鳥斎 はしら絵根元 奥村文角政信正筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Tanchôsai
丹鳥斎
丹鳥斎
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.