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「今様美人揃 碧揚亭 小みつ」
Komitsu at the Hekiyôtei, from the series An Assortment of Beauties in the Modern Style (Imayô bijin zoroe)
「今様美人揃 碧揚亭 小みつ」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.9 × 25.3 cm (14 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39103
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Konomi ni ôjite Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
応好国貞画(年玉枠)
応好国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印：亥正改
彫師：松島彫政
Blockcutter's mark: Matsushima Hori Masa
改印：亥正改
彫師：松島彫政
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.