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Kaomachi of Yagyoku, kamuro Matsuno and Konagawa, from a series of courtesans printed in blue


藍摺遊女 「弥玉内 顔町 まつの こな川」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei (Hôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831 (Tenpô 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (aizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 28.4 cm (14 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.415a
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #155; Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 14 (R only)
DescriptionOne sheet of optional pentaptych 34.415a-e (order uncertain).
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)