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Inscription
Signed: Makimono.
Provenance
1909 Purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow from an unknown Japanese collection and given to the MFA.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Kisa no tsuna
Japanese, Edo period, Bunka era (1804–18)
- Artist Chôbunsai Eishi, Japanese, 1756–1829
Catalogue Raisonné
103; Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 47
Dimensions
Overall: 34 x 566.3 cm (13 3/8 x 222 15/16 in.) Image: 30.6 x 536 cm (12 1/16 x 211 in.)
Accession Number
RES.09.232
Medium or Technique
Handscroll; ink, color, gold, and mica on silk