The Hell Courtesan (Yûjo Jigoku), from the series Biographies of Famous Women, Ancient and Modern (Kokin meifu den)

「古今名婦伝　遊女地獄」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.8 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.777

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Meech, "Kuniyoshi and the Hell Courtesan," in Seduction (2015), fig. 46

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉二改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)