Dance Teacher (Odori shishô), from the series Contest of Present-day Beauties (Tôsei bijin awase)

「当世美人合　踊師匠」

Japanese

Edo period

about 1827 (Bunsei 10)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25.9 cm (14 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter

Accession Number34.461

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), #23; Seikado, Kunisada (exh. cat., 1996), #88

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)