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「生写美人競 新よし原角町 いな本楼うち小稲」
Koina of the Inamoto-rô, 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 いな本楼うち小稲」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Uemura Yasugorô (Hori Yasu) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.8 × 25.1 cm (14 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17355
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Website Koina A densetsu
Signed
Konomi ni ôjite Kunisada hitsu
応好国貞筆
応好国貞筆
Marks
No censor's seal
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu
改印：なし
彫師：上邑彫安
Blockcutter's mark: Uemura Hori Yasu
改印：なし
彫師：上邑彫安
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.