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The Seven Women of Cobweb Cave (Banshidô shichi seijo), from Part III, Vol. 1 of the book Ehon Saiyû Zenden


絵本西遊全伝 三篇 「盤絲洞 七情女」
Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
Japanese
Edo period
preface of book: 1833 (Tenpô 4), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book page; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Two pages; 18.1 x 26.6 cm (7 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19936a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom Ch. 72 of The Journey to the West (Ch. Xiyouji, J. Saiyûki).
Signed (this picture unsigned)
無款
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.