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客の足相撲を見る遊女
Courtesan Watching Clients Foot-wrestling
客の足相撲を見る遊女
Katsukawa Shungyô (Japanese, active late 18th to early 19th century)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 21.5 x 28.8 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20762
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Katsukawa Shungyô
勝川春暁
勝川春暁
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.