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Courtesan with Child Attendants

(Japanese, active about 1789–1818)
1798 (Kansei 10) - mid Bunka era (1804 - 1818)
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 85.5 x 33.2 cm (33 11/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Overall: 201 x 57.5 cm (79 1/8 x 22 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7445
On View
On view
ClassificationsPaintings
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.
Courtesan in Spring
Hishikawa Sôri
latter half of the 19th century
Courtesan
Hishikawa Sôri
1798 (Kansei 10) – mid Bunka era (1804 - 1818)
Courtesan in Autumn
Hishikawa Sôri
latter half of the 19th century
Kusunoki Masashige Taking Leave of His Son at Sakurai
Hishikawa Morofusa
about Genroku era (1688–1704)
Procession of a Courtesan
Hishikawa Moronobu
about Tenna era (1681–84)
Hishikawa Morohira
about Genroku (1688–1704) - Hôei (1704–11) eras
Soga Jûrô Having His Hair Dressed
Hishikawa Moronobu
about 19th century
Courtesan Having Her Hair Perfumed
Hishikawa Wao
about Genroku era (1688–1704)
Woman Looking Back towards a Cherry Tree
Hishikawa Tomofusa
about Genroku era (1688–1704)
Three of the Gods of Good Fortune at a Banquet
Hishikawa Tomofusa
about Genroku era (1688–1704)