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Two Women beneath a Willow Tree

(Japanese, 1752–1815)
about 1784 (Tenmei 4)
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
DimensionsImage: 87.5 x 34.4 cm (34 7/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Overall: 188 x 56.6 cm (74 x 22 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7531
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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Torii Kiyomitsu I
about late Hôreki (1751–64) - Meiwa (1764–72) eras
Torii Kiyonobu I
about mid Kyoho era (1716–36)
Torii Kiyonobu I
early Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Flowers
Shunyo
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Courtesan and Boy Attendant
Torii Kiyoharu
Kyôhô era (1716–36)
An Actor and His Compatriots
Torii Kiyotoshi
about Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Actors
Torii Morotada
19th century?
Women Representing the Three Cities (Edo)
Katsukawa Shunrin
about Kansei era (1789 - 1801)