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Women Performing "Manzai"

(Japanese, 1735–1814)
latter half of Tenmei (1781 - 89) - Kansei (1789 - 1801) eras
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink, color, and mica on silk
DimensionsImage: 98.2 x 43.8 cm (38 11/16 x 17 1/4 in.)
Overall: 213.5 x 67 cm (84 1/16 x 26 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7843
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.
Figures at left
Utagawa Toyoharu
latter half of Tenmei (1781 - 89) - first half of Kansei (1789 - 1801) eras
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Utagawa Toyoharu
Kansei era (1789–1801)
Courtesans with Snow, Moon, and Flowers
Utagawa Toyoharu
Kansei era (1789–1801)
Courtesans with Snow, Moon, and Flowers
Utagawa Toyoharu
Kansei era (1789–1801)
Courtesan with Child Attendants
Utagawa Toyoharu
Tenmei era (1781 - 89)
Man and Woman in a Landscape
Utagawa Toyoharu
about Tenmei era (1781–89)
Amusements Under the Cherry Trees
Utagawa Toyoharu
about Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Utagawa Toyokuni I
about latter half of the Bunka era (1804–18)
Young Woman and Children at the New Year
Utagawa Toyoharu
latter half of the An'ei era (1772–81)
Women Representing the Three Cities (Edo)
Katsukawa Shunrin
about Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Mizuno Rochô
latter half of Tenmei (1781 - 89) - first half of Kansei (1789 - 1801) eras