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The Akasaka Footman (Akasaka yakko), from the series Ôtsu-e Paintings in the Modern Style (Imayô Ôtsu-e)


「今様大津ゑ」 赤坂奴
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawachiya Genshichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1815 (Bunka 12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 27 cm (15 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15438
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-3, photo p. 153
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15438, 11.29755

According to Schaap, there are 6 designs in the series. The continuous background means that they can be assembled as an optional polyptych.
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
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.