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Preparatory drawing for Comparison of Passionate Women

(Japanese, 1756–1829)
about Bunka (1804–18) to Bunsei (1818–30) eras
Medium/TechniqueUnmounted handscroll; ink on paper
DimensionsImage: 27.5 x 303.6 cm (10 13/16 x 119 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.09.248
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1909, sold by an unidentified collector or dealer in Japan to William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1909, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1909)