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「当世美人揃之内」 夜の三味線
Woman Playing Shamisen at Night, from the series A Collection of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin soroe no uchi)
「当世美人揃之内」 夜の三味線
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 × 25 cm (14 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17376
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouches
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
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.