/internal/media/dispatcher/940824/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPoems by Uma no Naishi and Shōshō no Naishi, from the series Fashionable Six Female Poetic Immortals (Fūryū onna Rokkasen), by the Kyoto Doll Artist (Kyōto ningyōshi) Ōishi Ganryūsai Yoshihiro1853 (Kaei 6), 6th monthUtagawa KuniyoshiTsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō)Tsuge Shōjirō (Hori Shōji)Vertical ōban; 36.5 x 25.6 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.379740MFA impressions: 11.37131, 11.37974
An exhibition of life-sized dolls that was shown at Ryōgoku from the 5th month of 1853 showed present-day women representing classical poems by six female poets. The MFA has three designs by two artists, apparently from the same series: 11.37347 by Yoshifuji, and 11.37131 (duplicate 11.37974) and 11.38122 by Kuniyoshi, and a flier for the exhibition, 11.45606.Prints36.500000000046330301