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Court Lady Threading a Needle


針に糸を通す官女
Nisui (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 24.3 x 30 cm (9 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45882.3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.45882.3, 2006.1588.3.7

From one of ten albums of fan prints.
Signed Nisui
二水
Marks Artist's seal
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.