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Ofusa and Tokubei, from the series Up-to-date Manners of Lovers' Tragic Journeys (Tôsei michiyuki-buri)


「当世道行振」「おふさ 徳兵へ」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ôtaya Sakichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25.8 cm (14 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15679
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Another print in the series: POLA Research Inst., Edo bijin no yosooi (2018), pp. 24-5
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.