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Otome: The Maiden Oshichi (Musume Oshichi), from the series Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji kumo ukiyo-e awase)


「源氏雲浮世画合(げんじくもうきよゑあハせ) 乙女 娘於七」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Iseya Ichiemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 23.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36525
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S45.21; the series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G447 (no photos)
DescriptionNo. 21 in the series.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Otomego ga (=mo)/ kamisabinu rashi/ ama tsu sode (=ame no sode)/ furuki yo no tomo/ yowai henureba
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.