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Fox Dance in the Yoshiwara, from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru)
Fox Dance in the Yoshiwara, from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru)

Fox Dance in the Yoshiwara, from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru)

Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden) (Japanese, 1761–1816)
1796 (Kansei 8)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 21.6 x 31.3 cm (8 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.14987
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
Sunset Glow at Kameido (Kameido no sekishô), from the series Eight Views of the Festivals of Various Gods in Edo (Oedo shojinn gosairei hakkei)
Sunset Glow at Kameido (Kameido no sekishô), from the series Eight Views of the Festivals of Various Gods in Edo (Oedo shojinn gosairei hakkei)
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)
Twilight Snow at Mount Hira (Hira no bosetsu), from the series Fashionable Eight Views of Ômi (Fûryû Ômi hakkei)
Twilight Snow at Mount Hira (Hira no bosetsu), from the series Fashionable Eight Views of Ômi (Fûryû Ômi hakkei)
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)
Evening Bell at Shômyô-ji Temple (Shômyô-ji no banshô), from the series Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)
Evening Bell at Shômyô-ji Temple (Shômyô-ji no banshô), from the series Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)
Genroku-era Courtesans and Samurai
Genroku-era Courtesans and Samurai
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)
Fox Dance in the Yoshiwara, from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru)
Fox Dance in the Yoshiwara, from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru)
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)
1796 (Kansei 8)
Two Women at the Orizuru Tea House
Two Women at the Orizuru Tea House
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)
about 1782–3 (Tenmei 2–3)
Clearing Weather of the Fan (Ôgi no seiran), from the series Eight Views of Accessories in the Modern World (Tôsei dôgu hakkei)
Clearing Weather of the Fan (Ôgi no seiran), from the series Eight Views of Accessories in the Modern World (Tôsei dôgu hakkei)
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)
Two Women by a Folding Screen, from the series Ten Patterns of Alluring Styles in the Modern World (Tôsei enpû jukkei no zu)
Two Women by a Folding Screen, from the series Ten Patterns of Alluring Styles in the Modern World (Tôsei enpû jukkei no zu)
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)
1780s
Alluring Figures at Dotegawa (Dotegawa no enshi), from the series Eight Views of Ryôgoku in Modern Times (Tôsei Ryôgoku hakkei)
Alluring Figures at Dotegawa (Dotegawa no enshi), from the series Eight Views of Ryôgoku in Modern Times (Tôsei Ryôgoku hakkei)
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)
Descending Geese at Hirakata (Hirakata no rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)
Descending Geese at Hirakata (Hirakata no rakugan), from the series Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)
1780s
Women Walking, from the series Ten Patterns of Alluring Figures in the Modern World (Tôsei enshi jukkei no zu)
Women Walking, from the series Ten Patterns of Alluring Figures in the Modern World (Tôsei enshi jukkei no zu)
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)
1780s
No. 8, Transplanting Rice Seedlings (Taue), from the series Twelve Seasons of Agriculture (Kôsaku jûni setsu)
No. 8, Transplanting Rice Seedlings (Taue), from the series Twelve Seasons of Agriculture (Kôsaku jûni setsu)
Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden)