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虚無僧と美人
Beauty and Komusô
虚無僧と美人
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793 (Kansei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color, and mica on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 25.9 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21176
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #56; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #32, pl. 8; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 86.2.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #280
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsKyôka poem: Ori yoshi to/ kokoro no take o/ fukikomeba/ gomuyô to iu/ kimi zo tsurenaki
沂水斎舞堂 折よしと 心のたけを ふきこめは 御無用といふ 君そつれなき
沂水斎舞堂 折よしと 心のたけを ふきこめは 御無用といふ 君そつれなき
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.