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Evening Bell of Ekô-in Temple (Ekô-in no banshô), from the series Eight Views of Beauties (Bijin hakkei)


「美人八景 回向院の晩鐘」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.4 cm (14 9/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.497
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Seikado, Kunisada (exh. cat., 1996), #110
DescriptionThe complete series: 34.497 to 34.504, plus 11.15409 (duplicate of 34.500).
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)