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Hon chôshi, from the series Popular Flute Tunes and Pictures of Women (Fûryû chôshi fue)


「風流調子婦絵 本てうし」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1823 (Bunsei 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24.5 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29754
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ushiyama, Kunisada hyakusen gashû, zokuhen (1928), #46
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15443, 11.29754
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
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.