Amanohashidate in Tango Province (Tango Amanohashidate), from the series Beauties Compared with Scenic Spots of Our Country (Honchô fûkei bijin kurabe)

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Amanohashidate in Tango Province (Tango Amanohashidate), from the series Beauties Compared with Scenic Spots of Our Country (Honchô fûkei bijin kurabe)

「本朝風景美人競　丹後天之橋立」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

early 1830s (early Tenpô era)

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 Number34.477

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Other prints in the series: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pls. 197, 198

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)