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遊女
Courtesans
遊女
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.2 × 49.9 cm (14 1/4 × 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38954a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionProbably two sheet sof a triptych, with the title on the missing tnhird sheet.
Signed
Kunisada hitsu (on each sheet)
国貞筆
国貞筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Snake 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：巳二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：巳二改
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.
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.