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Parody of Onna san no miya (Nyo san no miya)

(Japanese, died in 1732)
Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 83.3 x 30.4 cm (32 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7883
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.
A Woman Riding a Bull
Utagawa Toyonobu
about An`ei era (1772–81)
Courtesan with Child Attendants
Ishikawa Toyonobu
mid–late An'ei era (1772–81)
Flowers
Shunyo
19th century
Women Representing the Three Cities (Edo)
Katsukawa Shunrin
about Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Waterfall and Kingfisher
Okajima Seikô
mid 19th century
Landscape
Okamoto Toyohiko
early 19th century