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A Kept Woman (Kakoi), from the series Contest of Present-day Beauties (Tôsei bijin awase)


「当世美人合 かこゐ」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moritaya Hanzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1827 (Bunsei 10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25.8 cm (14 3/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.455
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 25
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)