The Clever Type (Rikô sô), from the series Thirty-two Physiognomic Types in the Modern World (Tôsei sanjûni sô)

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The Clever Type (Rikô sô), from the series Thirty-two Physiognomic Types in the Modern World (Tôsei sanjûni sô)

「当世三十弐相　りこう相」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishinomiya Shinroku (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1820s

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)

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

Accession Number34.488

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Seikado, Kunisada (exh. cat., 1996), #59; Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #27/1; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 3, British Museum III (1987), fig. 11; Ukiyo-e taikei 10 (1976), #86

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15633, 34.488

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)