Erotic Contest of Flowers
Torii Kiyonobu I
(Japanese, 1664–1729)
Hôei era (1704–11)
Medium/TechniqueHandscroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
DimensionsOverall: 39 x 536.9 cm (15 3/8 x 211 3/8 in.)
Image: 34.8 x 507.8 cm (13 11/16 x 199 15/16 in.)
Image: 34.8 x 507.8 cm (13 11/16 x 199 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.09.234
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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)
Koizumi Yasunobu
17th century
Tsukioka Sessai
about late An'ei (1772–81) to Tenmei (1781–89) eras
Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras