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「（当世）美人合 俄」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Niwaka Festival Dancer (Niwaka), from the series Contest of [Present-day] Beauties ([Tôsei] Bijin awase)
「（当世）美人合 俄」
Japanese
Edo period
1827
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 25.4 cm (14 1/4 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42332
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa-ha (Kobijutsu special issue, 1986), #89
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.42332 (deaccessioned in 2012), 34.460
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.