Courtesan Watching Clients Foot-wrestling
Katsukawa Shungyô
(Japanese, active late 18th to early 19th century)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal chûban; 21.5 x 28.8 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.20762
On View
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.
Nagashima Shungyô
1894 (Meiji 27), August
Katsukawa Shunshô
Katsukawa Shunshô
about 1772 (Meiwa 9/An'ei 1)
Katsukawa Shunshô
1772 (Meiwa 9/An'ei 1), 11th month
Katsukawa Shunshô
1779 (An'ei 8), 11th month
