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Woman Beating Cloth (R), Dancers (C), Courtesan (L)


右から 砧、盆踊り、遊女
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–39 (Tenpô 6–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Three sanchôgake on uncut horizontal ôban sheet; 25.7 x 37.6 cm (10 1/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1227
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 239, sanchôgake #s 9.1 (R), 9.3 (C); Tanba 1965, #139 (C only); Uchida 1930, #325 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1227 (uncut sheet), 21.7857 (left section), 21.7858 (left section), 21.7859 (center section)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu (R and C), Hiroshige ga (L)
広重画
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)