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Shizunome, from the series Mirror of Chaste and Filial Women (Kôteijo kagami)


「孝貞女鏡 しづの女」
Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 × 25.9 cm (14 3/4 × 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16202
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gyokuransai Sadahide ga
玉蘭斎貞秀画
Marks Censor's seal: Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松
彫師: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.