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Woman in the Snow

(Japanese, active about 1801–1818)
about Bunka era (1804–18)
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 107.3 x 31.7 cm (42 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7563
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.
Woman Looking at Herself in a Hand-Mirror
Utagawa Kunihisa I
Bunka era (1804–18)
Utagawa Kunihisa I
Bunka (1804 - 18) - Bunsei (1818 - 30) eras
Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Kudô Suketsune
Utagawa Toyokuni I
1807–09 (Bunka 4–6)
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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about Tenpô 10 (1839)
Nakamura Utaemon III in Seven Roles
Utagawa Toyokuni I
1815 (Bunka 12)
Courtesan
Utagawa Hiroshige I
Kaei (1848 - 54) - Ansei (1854 – 60) eras
Fishing Boats at Tsukuda Island, Edo
Utagawa Hiroshige I
Kaei era (1848–54)
Seaweed Gatherers
Utagawa Hiroshige I
about Kôka (1844–54) - Ansei (1854–60) eras
Spring:  Scene from The False Murasaki's Rustic Genji (Nise Murasaki inaka Genji)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1839 (Tenpô 10)
Winter:  Scene from The False Murasaki's Rustic Genji (Nise Murasaki inaka Genji)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1839 (Tenpô 10)
Geisha Holding a Sake Cup and Paper
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1853 (Kaei 6)
Utagawa Sadakage I
Bunsei (1818 - 30) - Tenpô (1830 - 44) eras