Preparatory drawing for Comparison of Passionate Women
Chôbunsai Eishi
(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
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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)
Harukawa Shishin
1831 (Tenpō 2)
Sawaki Genkō
1869 (Meiji 2)