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No. 21, Jakumyô, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)


「名妓三十六佳撰 若妙 二十一」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 25.2 cm (14 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42793
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 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉十二改
彫師:なし
Inscriptions若妙

これ けいせいに まれなる きしつにて
おやはらからを くるわにかくし やひな
ひしに 折しも 母のやまひに ふしけるを
なげき わがいのちをかけ 神仏を
いのるに そのしるしありて 少しづつ
快方するよろこび よめる句に

  くもの巣の
    ちりもみすくや 月の宵

 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.