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Two Courtesans with a Puppet
Two Courtesans with a Puppet

Two Courtesans with a Puppet

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
about Shôtoku 6 (1716)
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
DimensionsImage: 36.7 x 54.1 cm (14 7/16 x 21 5/16 in.)
Overall: 130 x 76.5 cm (51 3/16 x 30 1/8 in.)
Overall (including braid): 139 x 76.5 cm
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7605
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.
Conservation Status: After Treatment
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about Shôtoku (1711–16) - early Kyôhô (1716–36) eras
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about Shôtoku era (1711–16)
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Restricted: For reference only
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first half of the 18th century
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first half of the 18th century
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Kano Masanobu
17th century
Three Sages
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16th–17th centuries
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18th - 19th centuries
Sexy Robes of the Bedchamber
Okumura Masanobu
Shôtoku era (1711–16)
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about Tenna era (1681–84)
Restricted: For reference only
Kano Tanshin Morimichi
first half of the 19th century