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「当世美人合 おゐらん」
Oiran, from the series Contest of Present-day Beauties (Tôsei bijin awase)
「当世美人合 おゐらん」
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
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
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
五渡亭国貞画
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)