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Two Women by a Mosquito Net


蚊帳に二美人
Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions Horizontal aiban; 22.7 x 31.6 cm (8 15/16 x 12 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30559
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPublisher's mark illegible.
Signed 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.