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The Conclusive Type (Shimai ga deki sô), from the series Thirty-two Physiognomic Types in the Modern World (Tôsei sanjûni sô)


「当世三十弐相 しまひができ相」
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; 37 x 25.7 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.494
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #99; Seikado, Kunisada (exh. cat., 1996), #64; Ukiyo-e taikei 10 (1976), #7
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25953, 34.494
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)