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Courtesan under Cherry Blossoms at Night


夜桜に遊女
Utagawa Yoshifuji (Japanese, 1828–1889)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 × 24.9 cm (14 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1357
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably one sheet of incomplete triptych.
Signed Yoshifuji ga
芳藤画
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申六改
彫師:なし
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)