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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Peony, from the series Contest of Beauties (Bijin awase)


「美人合」 牡丹
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moritaya Hanzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 24.5 cm (14 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15654
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-63
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.15654 (deaccessioned in 2012), 34.452, RES.54.187.24
Signed Ôju Gototei Kunisada ga
応需五渡亭国貞画
Marks No censor's seal
改印: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.