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Mitsusode of the Owariya, from an untitled series of courtesans under cherry blossoms


「尾張屋内 満袖」
Teisai Senchô (Japanese, active about 1830–1850)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.4 cm (14 5/8 x 10 in.)
Attached with 11.37469
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37468
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), fig. 123
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37468, 11.37472
Signed Sogetsuen Senchô ga
素月園晁画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.