Courtesan and Guest with Mosquito Net
遊女と部屋に来た男
Japanese
Edo period
about 1772–73 (Meiwa 9–10)
Artist Shiba Kôkan (Suzuki Harushige) (Japanese, 1747–1818)
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #611; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 596
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 28.3 x 21.1 cm (11 1/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.20113
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Inscription
Poem: Ikuyo ka wa/ omoikomeshi/ neya no to o/ sashi mo hatasade/ matsu wa kurushiki
Signed
Harushige ga
春重画
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection