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Takao of the Miuraya, from the series Three Beauties (San bijin)


「三美人 三浦屋高尾」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Hagiwara (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1810s (late Bunka era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25.4 cm (14 5/8 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13665
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), pl. 103 (this design not illustrated)
Description11.13666–11.13668 form a triptych (no VR).
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
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.