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Woman with Fan and Insect Cage


団扇と虫籠を持つ美人
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitsuna (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Publisher: Masudaya Ginjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 67.4 x 22.8 cm (26 1/2 x 9 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26830
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga; Ittosai Yoshitsuna ga (on fan)
朝櫻楼国芳画、一渡斎芳綱画
Marks Censor's seal: Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松
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.