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Woman with a Cup of Sake, from the series Types of the Floating World Seen through a Physiognomist's Glass (Ukiyo jinsei tengankyô)


「浮世人精天眼鏡」 杯
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830 (Bunsei 13/Tenpô 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 26 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.470
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Another print in the series: Izzard, Kunisada's World (12993), #60
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15632, 34.470
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「三味線の糸の一二とひゞかする名は世にたかき古近江が作 需に応じて山東庵京山戯題」
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)