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Brocades of the Capital
Brocades of the Capital

Brocades of the Capital

Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671–1750)
Kyôhô (1716–36) to Genbun (1736–41) eras
Medium/TechniqueUnmounted handscroll; ink, color, gold, and mica on paper
DimensionsImage: 39.1 x 190.2 cm (15 3/8 x 74 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.09.255
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)
Genre Scenes in the Four Seasons
Genre Scenes in the Four Seasons
Nishikawa Sukenobu
about Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Yu Zhi Playing her Qin
Yu Zhi Playing her Qin
Nishikawa Sukenobu
about Kyôhô era (1716–36)
The Elephant's Leash
The Elephant's Leash
Chôbunsai Eishi
Bunka era (1804–18)
Collection of Suggestive Pictures
Collection of Suggestive Pictures
Katsukawa Shunchô
About late Tenmei (1781–89) to early Kansei (1789–1801) eras
Incantations to the Female-Male Principle
Incantations to the Female-Male Principle
Tsukioka Settei
An'ei era (1772–81)
Foolish Games
Katsukawa Shun'ei
about early Kansei era (1789–1801)
One Man Making Love to Ten Women
One Man Making Love to Ten Women
Artist unknown, Japanese
about Kyôwa (1801–04) - early Bunka (1804–18) eras
Legend of Tawara Toda (Tawara Toda emaki)
Artist unknown, Japanese
17th century
Image Not Available for Flowers in the Four Seasons
Flowers in the Four Seasons
Tsubaki Chinzan
19th century
Copy of the Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace, from the Illustrated Scrolls of the Events of the Heiji Era (Heiji monogatari emaki) and others
early 19th century
Image Not Available for The Six Realms (Rokudô zu) (Shôju raigô-ji version), scroll 1
The Six Realms (Rokudô zu) (Shôju raigô-ji version), scroll 1
Nojima Ryo'on
1789 (Kansei 1)
Image Not Available for Copy of the Legend of Seikō-ji (Seikô-ji engi emaki), scroll.2
Copy of the Legend of Seikō-ji (Seikô-ji engi emaki), scroll.2
Shūdō
1839 (Tenpō 10)