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「江戸自慢美人揃」
In a comfortably affluent middle-class home in Edo, three sisters or sisters-in-law wearing their New Year finery enjoy a quiet holiday afternoon with the baby, an assortment of brand-new illustrated books, and a happy cat whose three-colored fur symbolizes good luck. The group gathers around a kotatsu, a piece of furniture consisting of a small table with a heater under it and a quilt on top that is still used in traditional Japanese-style rooms during the winter—and still greatly loved by cats.
The Pride of Edo: An Assortment of Beauties (Edo jiman bijin soroe)
「江戸自慢美人揃」
Utagawa Sadakage I (Japanese, active about 1818–1844)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 78 cm (14 9/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.398a-c
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In a comfortably affluent middle-class home in Edo, three sisters or sisters-in-law wearing their New Year finery enjoy a quiet holiday afternoon with the baby, an assortment of brand-new illustrated books, and a happy cat whose three-colored fur symbolizes good luck. The group gathers around a kotatsu, a piece of furniture consisting of a small table with a heater under it and a quilt on top that is still used in traditional Japanese-style rooms during the winter—and still greatly loved by cats.
Signed
Gokotei Sadakage ga (on right and center sheets); Sadakage ga (on left sheet)
五湖亭貞景画 貞景画
五湖亭貞景画 貞景画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)