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七小町吾妻風俗 あふむ
Parrot Komachi (Ômu), from the series Seven Komachi in Eastern Customs (Nana Komachi Azuma fûzoku)
七小町吾妻風俗 あふむ
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.2 × 25.8 cm (14 5/8 × 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.820
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Another triptych in the series (Sôshi arai): POLA Research Inst., Edo bijin no yosooi (2018), pp. 40-3
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 00.820 (left sheet only), 00.1057-9 (complete triptych)
MFA impressions: 00.820 (left sheet only), 00.1057-9 (complete triptych)
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 4
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印:午四
彫師:彫兼
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印:午四
彫師:彫兼
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)