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Woman Holding a Lantern with a Child

about Tenmei era (1781–89)
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on paper
DimensionsImage: 87.8 x 31.1 cm (34 9/16 x 12 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7599
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)
The Procession of a Courtesan
Fujiwara Masakazu
about Tenmei era (1781–89)
Restricted: For reference only
Fujiwara Masakazu
mid–19th century
Rat With Chestnut
Fujiwara Masakazu
mid-19th century
Kiyohime and the bell (Dojoji)
Fujiwara Masakazu
late 18th–19th century
Marishiten, the Deity Embodying the Rays of the Sun
Fujiwara Tadachika (Hôhô)
mid 19th century
Goose
Tawaraya Sôtatsu
17th century
Ono no Komachi
Artist unknown, Japanese
mid-17th century
Komusô and Two Courtesans
Chosui
about Meiwa era (1764–72)
Fish
Yamada Dôan
18th–19th centuries