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Perspective Picture: Gidayû Performance in a Reception Room

(Japanese, dates unknown)
about Genbun (1736–41) - Kanpô (1741–44) eras
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on paper
DimensionsImage: 51.3 x 67.5 cm (20 3/16 x 26 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7781
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.
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Miyagawa Shunsui
Hôreki (1751–64) - Meiwa (1764–72) eras
Parody of Bodhidharma (Daruma) by a Courtesan
Miyagawa Shunsui
about late Hôreki (1751–64) - Meiwa (1764–72) eras
Female Dancer
Miyagawa Chôshun
about Hôei (1704–11) - early Kyôhô (1716–36) eras
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Miyagawa Chôshun
18th century
Standing Courtesan
Miyagawa Chôshun
about Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Mountain Priest in a Persimmon Tree Watched by a Courtesan
Miyagawa Chôshun
Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Court Lady Viewing Plum Blossoms
Miyagawa Chôshun
18th - 19th centuries
Ômori Hikoshichi Carrying a Demon Disguised as a Woman
Miyagawa Harunobu
about Kyoho era (1716–36)