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Beauty and Komusô

(Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
about 1793 (Kansei 5)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, color, and mica on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 38.8 x 25.9 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.21176
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsKyôka poem: Ori yoshi to/ kokoro no take o/ fukikomeba/ gomuyô to iu/ kimi zo tsurenaki 沂水斎舞堂 折よしと 心のたけを ふきこめは 御無用といふ 君そつれなき
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.