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「 葉うた虎之巻 一」 佐野槌屋の遊女
Courtesan of the Sanotsuchiya, No. 1 from the series A Master Text of Popular Songs (Hauta tora no maki)
「 葉うた虎之巻 一」 佐野槌屋の遊女
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Etsuka (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Etsuka (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 × 25.3 cm (14 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.793
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Other prints in the series: POLA Research Inst., Edo bijin no yosooi (2018), pp. 58-9; Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #75
Signed
Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche
国周画(年玉枠)
国周画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Koma aratame Hori Tashichi
改印：戌十一改
彫師：駒改彫多七
Blockcutter's mark: Koma aratame Hori Tashichi
改印：戌十一改
彫師：駒改彫多七
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)