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No. 7, Hanaôgi, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)


「名妓三十六優選 はな扇の話 第七」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 × 25.3 cm (14 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.883
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.883, 11.42788, 11.45305
Signed Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉正改
彫師:なし
Inscriptions花扇の話

詩歌連俳は いふもさらなり いくつの
みち なにくれの わざにすぐれし
をみななるが とりわき 手跡を
よくなしたり そがうへ おこなひ
ただしければ いとやむごとなき かた
ざまの かよひぢ しげくありつるとぞ

  青柳や たが髪あらふ 橋のもと

こは かれが 自草とて ひざう
せられしままに ざくにしるし置ぬ句
を 見しまま いだしぬ

 三亭春馬 記
    栄中 書
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)