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Gekka no ubume zu
月下のうぶめ図
Female Ghost in the Moonlight
Gekka no ubume zu
月下のうぶめ図
Japanese
Edo period
Ka'ei (1848–54) - Ansei (1854–60) eras
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 44.9 x 57.1 cm (17 11/16 x 22 1/2 in.)
Overall: 131 × 73.3 × 2.4 cm (51 9/16 × 28 7/8 × 15/16 in.)
Overall: 131 × 73.3 × 2.4 cm (51 9/16 × 28 7/8 × 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7463
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 457; MFA, Bosuton bijutsukan nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, v. 3 (2000), pl. 94
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.