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Ono no Komachi Washing a Manuscript

(Japanese, 1686–1764)
about Shôtoku (1711–16) - early Kyôhô (1716–36) eras
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
DimensionsImage: 38 x 55.8 cm (14 15/16 x 21 15/16 in.)
Overall (including braid): 143 x 76.7 cm
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7604
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
Two Courtesans with a Puppet
Okumura Masanobu
about Shôtoku 6 (1716)
Standing Courtesan
Okumura Masanobu
about Shôtoku era (1711–16)
The Four Sages of Mount Shang
Kano Masanobu
17th century
Three Sages
Kano Masanobu
16th–17th centuries
Standing Courtesan Dressing Her Hair
Yoshikawa Masanobu
18th - 19th centuries
Restricted: For reference only
Kano Gensen Masanobu
first half of the 18th century
Bamboo
Kano Gensen Masanobu
first half of the 18th century
Pine Trees
Ogata Kôrin
19th century
Female Dancer
Miyagawa Chôshun
about Hôei (1704–11) - early Kyôhô (1716–36) eras
Calligraphy on waves
Koetsu
17th century
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Miyagawa Chôshun
18th century