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Five Couplings, Five Seductions

Five Couplings, Five Seductions

(Japanese, 1710–1786)
Meiwa era (1764–72)
Medium/TechniqueAlbum; ink, color, gold, and mica on silk
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.09.301
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)
Incantations to the Female-Male Principle
Incantations to the Female-Male Principle
Tsukioka Settei
An'ei era (1772–81)
Panel 4 of 6
Genre Scenes with Bird and Flowers in the Twelve Months
Tsukioka Settei
dated 1780 (An`ei 9)
Courtesan
Courtesan
Tsukioka Settei
1781 (Tenmei 1 or An'ei 10)
Geisha
Geisha
Tsukioka Settei
1781 (Tenmei 1 or An'ei 10)
Waitress
Waitress
Tsukioka Settei
1781 (Tenmei 1 or An'ei 10)
Woman Collecting Brine to Make Salt
Woman Collecting Brine to Make Salt
Tsukioka Settei
about 1781 (Tenmei 1 or An'ei 10)
Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain
Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain
Tsukioka Settei
dated 1778 (An'ei 7)
Carp and Waterweed
Carp and Waterweed
Tsukioka Settei
dated 1781 (Tenmei 1 or An'ei 10)
Woman Playing with a Ball
Woman Playing with a Ball
Tsukioka Settei
about An`ei era (1771–81) to Tenmei era (1781–89)
Woman Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock
Woman Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock
Tsukioka Settei
about Meiwa era (1764–72)
View: 4 of 4
Scenes of Mutual Pleasure among the Warrior Classes
Kano school
about Kan'ei (1624–44) to Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Pleasure Outing at Mukôjima to View Cherry Blossoms
Pleasure Outing at Mukôjima to View Cherry Blossoms
Utagawa Toyoharu
latter half of Tenmei (1781 - 89) - first half of Kansei (1789 - 1801) eras