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Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya, kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta, from the series Comparison of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô bijin awase)


「青楼美人合 扇屋内 花扇 よしの たつた」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1826 (Bunsei 9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical nagaban; 51.5 x 23 cm (20 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20988
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #71/1
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
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.