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Fumihiroge no Chiyo, from the series Biographies of Famous Women, Ancient and Modern (Kokin meifu den)


「古今名婦伝 文展千代 (ふみひろげのちよ)」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42570
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Nanajûhachi ô Toyokuni hitsu, in toshidama cartouche
七十八翁豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥八改
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.