Courtesan Reading a Book
Fumiyomu yûjo zu
文読む遊女図
Japanese
Edo period
Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Kondô Katsunobu (Japanese, active about 1716–1736)
Catalogue Raisonné
KJM2-Ukiyo-119
Dimensions
Image: 48.9 x 61.7 cm (19 1/4 x 24 5/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.7504
Medium or Technique
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection