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Drying Cloth, from the series Fitting Acomplishments for Women (Fujin tashinami-gusa)


「婦人たしなみ草」衣の洗い張り
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakau (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25.6 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29371
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-93, photo p. 162
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15127, 11.29371
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: Take
No blockcutter's mark
改印:竹
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.