Courtesans with Snow, Moon, and Flowers
Setsu gekka zu
雪月花図
Japanese
Edo period
1789–1801 (Kansei era)
Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)
Catalogue Raisonné
KJM2-Ukiyo-317-(3); Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 52
Dimensions
Image: 117.3 x 34.7 cm (46 3/16 x 13 11/16 in.) Overall (including braid): 238.5 x 58.8 cm
Accession Number
11.7835
Medium or Technique
One from a set of three hanging scrolls; ink, color, gold, and mica on silk
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