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Courtesy (Rei), from the series Mirror of Feminine Virtue for a Thousand Ages (Teisô chiyo no kagami)


「貞操千代の鏡 礼」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kogaya Katsugorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843 (Tenpô 14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 23.4 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28807
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #61
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.28627 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.28807, 11.36370
Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:吉村
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.