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「咲分ヶ言葉の花 おほこ すけべへ」
The Innocent and the Bawd (Oboko, sukebei), from the series Variegations of Bloooms According to their Speech (Saki-wake kotoba no hana)
「咲分ヶ言葉の花 おほこ すけべへ」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
1802 (Kyôwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 25.1 cm (15 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14281
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #402 (this design described but not illustrated); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #501.5; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 75.2.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #587; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #266
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.