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「浮世人精天眼鏡」 手ぬぐい
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Married Woman Holding a Handtowel, from the series Types of the Floating World Seen through a Physiognomist's Glass (Ukiyo jinsei tengankyô)
「浮世人精天眼鏡」 手ぬぐい
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15630
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Another print in the series: Izzard, Kunisada's World (12993), #60
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.15630 (deaccessioned in 2012), 34.468
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions「手をあげてまねく尾花に立よればたもとへそよとふみ月の風 山東庵京山戯題」
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.