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Otani at the Kashiwaya-rô (?), from the series An Assortment of Beauties in the Modern Style (Imayô bijin zoroe)


「今様美人揃 柏屋楼 お谷」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 × 25.7 cm (14 1/2 × 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39099
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Konomi ni ôjite Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
応好国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥正改
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.