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The Procession of a Courtesan

about Tenmei era (1781–89)
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper
DimensionsImage: 70.5 x 38.4 cm (27 3/4 x 15 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7598
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.
Women Watching the Procession of a Courtesan
Fujiwara Masakazu
about Tenmei era (1781–89)
Woman Holding a Lantern with a Child
Fujiwara Masakazu
about Tenmei era (1781–89)
Landscape
Kano Mitsunobu
18th–19th centuries
Landscape
Kano Mitsunobu
18th–19th century
Landscape
Artist unknown, Japanese
16th century
Landscape
Artist unknown, Japanese
16th century
Cranes
Artist unknown, Japanese
17th–18th centuries
Cranes
Artist unknown, Japanese
17th–18th centuries
Courtesan with a Child Attendant
Kawamata Tsuneyuki
about Kyôhô (1716–36) - Genbun (1736–41) eras
Courtesan Seated on a Bench
Kawamata Tsuneyuki
about Kyôhô (1716–36) - Genbun (1736–41) eras
Monju, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
Matsumura Goshun
1799 (Kansei 11)