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Good (above): A Wife Who Properly Offers Her Opinions (Misao tadashiku iken suru nyôbô); Evil (below): A Wife Who Carries On with Other Men (Maotoko o suru nyôbô), from the series An Investigation of Women's Morals (Onna teikin ana sagashi)


「女庭訓穴さがし (善) 貞操(みさほ)たゞしくいけんする女房」 「女庭訓穴さがし (悪) 間男をする女房」
Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujirô (Maruya Tetsujirô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1874 (Meiji 7), April

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.2 x 24.5 cm (13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39435
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed (this sheet unsigned)
無款
Marks Censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
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.