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Courtesan Standing in front of a Teahouse

(Japanese, 1664–1729)
about mid Kyoho era (1716–36)
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 75 x 18 cm (29 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7535
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.
Torii Kiyonobu I
early Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Armor-Tugging Scene
Torii Kiyonobu I
about Kyôhô era (1716–36)
The Four Sleepers
Kano Kyûen Kiyonobu
latter half of the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries
Torii Kiyomitsu I
about late Hôreki (1751–64) - Meiwa (1764–72) eras
Two Women beneath a Willow Tree
Torii Kiyonaga
about 1784 (Tenmei 4)
Erotic Contest of Flowers
Torii Kiyonobu I
Hôei era (1704–11)
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?
Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Kudô Suketsune
Utagawa Toyokuni I
1807–09 (Bunka 4–6)
Autumn:  Scene from The False Murasaki's Rustic Genji (Nise Murasaki inaka Genji)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about Tenpô 10 (1839)