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Shirabyôshi Dancer, from the series The Pillow Book (Makura no sôshi)


「枕草子」 白拍子
Attributed to: Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 21.8 x 18.4 cm (8 9/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25439
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed (signature at lower left, almost illegible; possibly Teisai)
蹄斎ヵ
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.