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Woman by a Standing Screen, from an unidentified book of kyôka poems


狂歌本よりヵ 衝立の側に美人
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 11.4 x 15.8 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25821
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably from the same book: 11.25821, 11.25822, 11.25823
Signed Keisai
渓斎
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.