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Komachi on the Gravepost (Sotoba Komachi), from the series Modern Girls as the Seven Komachi (Imayô musume Nana Komachi)


「今やう娘七小町 そとは小まち」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1810s (late Bunka era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.4 cm (14 9/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6982
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), p. 41, cat. no. 34
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13570, 20.127, 21.6982

Unidentified publisher's mark.
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.