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No. 15, Otowa, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)


「名妓三十六佳撰 音羽 十五」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 × 25 cm (14 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42789
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html
Signed Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
応需豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉四改
彫師:なし
Inscriptions音羽

人のもとより おとにきく おとは
の たきの いとはやも みなれぬ
そでに なみのかくらん とよみて
つてにおこせる 返しに

よるせなき      音羽の
  袖のしら浪       たきの
   かずならぬ    おとも はずかし

 菱亭栄中 誌
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.