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Misogi (Purification Ritual) from the Tales of Ise


禊図
Sakai Hôitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828)
Japanese
Edo period
1810–15

Medium/Technique Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
Dimensions Image: 111.5 x 50.4 cm (43 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.)
Overall: 208.3 x 72.4 cm (82 x 28 1/2 in.) (includes cord and roller)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number2005.622
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), pp. 124-5
Signed Signed: Hôitsu Kishin hitsu
抱一着暉眞筆
Marks Hôitsu (double-outlined, squared-circular relief seal)
Bunsen (gourd-shaped, relief seal)
抱弌 (double-outlined, squared-circular relief seal)
文詮 (gourd-shaped, relief seal)
ProvenanceUntil 1933, Kuwahara family collection, known as the Shoyo-an; December 16-17, 1933, sold at the Tokyo bijutsu kurabu; until 2001, Manno Museum; 2003, acquired by Klaus Naumann, Tokyo; 2005, sold by Klaus Naumann to the MFA. (Accession date: December 14, 2005)