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「美人傾城いろはたん歌 イ 玉屋内 しら玉」
The Syllable I: Shiratama of the Tamaya, from the series ABC Poems for Beautiful Courtesans (Bijin keisei iroha tanka)
「美人傾城いろはたん歌 イ 玉屋内 しら玉」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1810s–1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.9 x 26 cm (15 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15416
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-40, photo p. 157
Signed
Okonomi ni tsuki Kunisada ga
御好ニ付 国貞画
御好ニ付 国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem
「いかな日も仲の町にて客をうけ」
「いかな日も仲の町にて客をうけ」
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.