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The Akasaka Footman (Akasaka yakko), from the series Collection of Ôtsu-e Paintings (Ôtsu-e tsukushi)


「大津絵つくし」 赤坂奴
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1827 (Bunsei 10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 26.6 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15071
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-60
Signed Ôkô Gototei Kunisada ga
応好五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.