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Hikitejaya mae no yûjo
引手茶屋前の遊女
Courtesans at the Front of an Assignation Teahouse
Hikitejaya mae no yûjo
引手茶屋前の遊女
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
1769–70 (Meiwa 6–7)
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink, color, silver and brass on silk
Dimensions
Image: 100 x 36.5 cm (39 3/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
Overall: 209 x 57.5 cm (82 5/16 x 22 5/8 in.)
Overall: 209 x 57.5 cm (82 5/16 x 22 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7324
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 27; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 232
Signed
Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
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.