Woman Adjusting a Tsunokakushi, from the series Comparison of Beauties (Bijin awase)

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Woman Adjusting a Tsunokakushi, from the series Comparison of Beauties (Bijin awase)

「美人あわせ」　角隠し

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1811 (Bunka 8), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 25.7 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.128

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 20.128 (with publisher's mark), RES.54.187.20 (no publisher's mark)

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画

Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Hamamatsuya Kôsuke
改印：極、濱幸

ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)