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Geigi zu
芸妓図
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832–34 (Tenpô 3–5)

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions Image: 103.7 x 41.2 cm (40 13/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
Overall: 202.1 x 62.1 cm (79 9/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4662
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 58; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 376
ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum