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Aoisaka, from the series One Hundred Beautiful Women at Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho hyakunin bijo)


「江戸名所百人美女 葵坂」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.3 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15302
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #19
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15302 (multicolor background), 11.42256 (blue background)

There is no signature on the inset, so presumably it is by Kunisada himself.
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳十一
彫師: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.