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Courtesan and Client in an Elegantly Decorated Room, from an untitled erotic series


豪華な部屋に遊女と客
Attributed to: Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694)
Japanese
Edo period
1680s–90s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color added later
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.8 × 32.5 cm (9 3/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.313.4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOne of a set of eight woodblock prints mounted as an album, RES.09.313.1-8.
Signed Unsigned
無款
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)