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Genroku-era Courtesans and Samurai


元禄時代の吉原
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden) (Japanese, 1761–1816)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 21 x 31.3 cm (8 1/4 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14988
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Santô Kyôden sha
山東京伝写
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.