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Flute Player, from the series An Assortment of Beauties for the Various Arts (Shogei bijin soroe)


「諸芸美人そろえ」 横笛
Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Sagamiya Tôkichi (Ai-To) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36826
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ikkasai Kunitsuna ga
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:子五改
彫師:なし
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.