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Collection of Suggestive Pictures
Collection of Suggestive Pictures

Collection of Suggestive Pictures

Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
About late Tenmei (1781–89) to early Kansei (1789–1801) eras
Medium/TechniqueHandscroll; ink, color, gold, and mica on silk
DimensionsImage: 26.9 x 442.4 cm (10 9/16 x 174 3/16 in.)
Overall: 28.8 x 518.9 cm (11 5/16 x 204 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.09.239
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)
Foolish Games
Katsukawa Shun'ei
about early Kansei era (1789–1801)
The Elephant's Leash
The Elephant's Leash
Chôbunsai Eishi
Bunka era (1804–18)
Incantations to the Female-Male Principle
Incantations to the Female-Male Principle
Tsukioka Settei
An'ei era (1772–81)
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
View 2 of 2
Brocades of the Capital
Nishikawa Sukenobu
Kyôhô (1716–36) to Genbun (1736–41) eras
Women Representing the Three Cities (Osaka)
Katsukawa Shunrin
about Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Women Representing the Three Cities (Kyoto)
Women Representing the Three Cities (Kyoto)
Katsukawa Shunrin
about Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Women Representing the Three Cities (Edo)
Women Representing the Three Cities (Edo)
Katsukawa Shunrin
about Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Takashima Ohisa and Actor Segawa Kikunojô III
Takashima Ohisa and Actor Segawa Kikunojô III
Katsukawa Shunchô
Courtesan and Child Attendant Under a Cherry Tree
Courtesan and Child Attendant Under a Cherry Tree
Katsukawa Shunchô
first half of Kansei era (1789 - 1801)
Kô no Moronao Spying on Kaoyo gozen after her Bath
Kô no Moronao Spying on Kaoyo gozen after her Bath
Katsukawa Shunchô
about the latter half of Tenmei (1781 - 89) - first half of Kansei (1789 - 1801) eras
Copies of paintings by Chinese and Japanese masters
Kano Isen'in Naganobu
first half of the 19th century