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Courtesan Preparing Her Morning Toilette with a Child Attendant

(Japanese, dates unknown)
about An`ei (1772–81) - Tenmei (1781–89) eras
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 79.7 x 30 cm (31 3/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7508
On View
Not 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.
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Yamada Kaidô
1912 (Taishô 1)
Peacocks and Peonies
Yamada Kôsetsu
mid-19th century
Fish
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18th–19th centuries
Budai (Hotei)
Yamada Dôan
18th–19th centuries
Eggplants
Yamada Dôan
18th–19th centuries
Melons
Yamada Dôan
18th–19th centuries
Bird on Branch
Yamada Dôan
18th–19th centuries
Asahina Arm-Wrestling with an Oni
Yamada Dôan
18th–19th centuries
Flowers
Shunyo
19th century
Women Representing the Three Cities (Edo)
Katsukawa Shunrin
about Kansei era (1789 - 1801)