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「生写美人競 新よし原角町 中万字内 浜むら」
Hamamura of the Naka-Manji, in Kado-machi in Shin Yoshiwara, from the series Contest of Beauties Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi bijin kurabe)
「生写美人競 新よし原角町 中万字内 浜むら」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 2nd month (?)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 × 25.1 cm (14 5/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17354
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Konomi ni ôjite Kunisada hitsu
応好国貞筆
応好国貞筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 2 (?) aratame (above signature, barely visible)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉二改ヵ
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉二改ヵ
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.
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.