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蚊帳の中で短冊を書く美人
Woman Writing by Lantern Light under a Mosquito Net
蚊帳の中で短冊を書く美人
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 20.1 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30126
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #697; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 661
DescriptionNumbers for the large months are on the border of the mosquito net, and for the small months, on the poem slip.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
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.
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.