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Takeout Sushi Suggesting Ataka, from the series Women in Benkei-checked Fabrics (Shimazoroi onna Benkei)


「縞揃女弁慶(しまぞろひおんあべんけい)」 寿司の安宅
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.6 cm (14 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36360
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #123; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #177; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #2997
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
Blockcutter's mark: ?
InscriptionsPoem by Umeya
梅屋
をさな子もねたる安宅の松か鮓
あふぎづけなる袖にすがりて
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.