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Oiran, from the series Contest of Present-day Beauties (Tôsei bijin awase)


「当世美人合 おゐらん」
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; 36.4 x 25.8 cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.462
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 23; Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa-ha (Kobijutsu special issue, 1986), #88
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.42331, 34.462
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)