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Sei Shônagon, from the series Mirror of Renowned Exemplary Women of Japan (Yamato kômei retsujo kagami)


「大和高名列女鏡 清少納言」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1841–42 (Tenpô 12–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.5 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42358
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-94
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
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.