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Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Japanese
Edo period
About late Tenmei (1781–89) to early Kansei (1789–1801) eras

Medium/Technique Handscroll; ink, color, gold, and mica on silk
Dimensions Image: 26.9 x 442.4 cm (10 9/16 x 174 3/16 in.)
Overall: 28.8 x 518.9 cm (11 5/16 x 204 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.239
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné 105; Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 38
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)