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Detail: 2 panels
Erotic Paintings
Detail: 2 panels

Erotic Paintings

Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671–1750)
Medium/TechniqueAlbum; ink and color on paper
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.09.300
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)
Courtesan and Bodhidharma (Daruma)
Courtesan and Bodhidharma (Daruma)
Nishikawa Sukenobu
about Kyôhô era (1716–36)
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Brocades of the Capital
Nishikawa Sukenobu
Kyôhô (1716–36) to Genbun (1736–41) eras
Group shot: 11.4632, 11.7424
Gathering at a Banquet
Nishikawa Sukenobu
about Genbun era (1736–41)
Party to Admire the Autumn Foliage
Party to Admire the Autumn Foliage
Nishikawa Sukenobu
about Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Courtesan Reclining in Bed
Courtesan Reclining in Bed
Nishikawa Sukenobu
about Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Celebration of Old Age
Celebration of Old Age
Nishikawa Sukenobu
about Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Image Not Available for Two women before a cottage
Two women before a cottage
Nishikawa Sukenobu
Reproduction of a page from the book Nishikawa tsuya sugata
Reproduction of a page from the book Nishikawa tsuya sugata
Nishikawa Sukenobu
Image Not Available for Ehon wakakusayama
Ehon wakakusayama
Nishikawa Sukenobu
Woman Arranging Her Hair, based on a book illustration by Sukenobu
Woman Arranging Her Hair, based on a book illustration by Sukenobu
Nishikawa Sukenobu
cancelled 1932 (Shôwa 7)