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Fan made from fragments of two prints showing Yoshiwara courtesans and attendants


吉原の遊女と禿
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1766–67 (Meiwa 3–4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Unfolded: 25.5 × 40.4 cm (10 1/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45790
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOther MFA impressions of the two prints cut up to decorate the fan: 11.2143, 21.4399
Signed (signatures cut off)
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.