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「二五五四好今様美人（にぢうしこうとうじのはなもの） 席亭（よせ）好」
Fond of the Comic Theater (Yose kô), from the series Twenty-four Enjoyments of Beauties of the Present Day (Nijûshi kô tôji no hanamono)
「二五五四好今様美人（にぢうしこうとうじのはなもの） 席亭（よせ）好」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Ryôko (Japanese, active 1860s–early 1870s)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Other artist: Ryôko (Japanese, active 1860s–early 1870s)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.1 cm (14 9/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43077
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe complete series: 11.43070 to 11.43093.
Signed
Ôju Toyokuni rôjin hitsu (on main image); Ryôko (on inset)
応需豊国老人筆、了古
応需豊国老人筆、了古
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: toshidama (on main image)
改印: 亥十二改
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: toshidama (on main image)
改印: 亥十二改
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.