Modern Pageboy Style (Imayô koshô fû)
Nishimura Shigenobu
(Japanese, active about 1724–1735)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
DimensionsHosoban; 31.1 x 14.4 cm (12 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19162
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Not on viewClassificationsPrints
Collections
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.
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.
Nishimura Shigenobu
Nishimura Shigenobu
1730s
Nishimura Shigenobu
1732 (Kyôhô 17), 11th month
Nishimura Shigenobu
1736 (Kyôhô 21/Genbun 1), 8th month
Nishimura Shigenobu
Nishimura Shigenobu
1738 (Genbun 3), 1st month
