Contest of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin awase): Geisha Visiting the Yanagishima Myôken Temple – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Contest of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin awase): Geisha Visiting the Yanagishima Myôken Temple

Contest of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin awase): Geisha Visiting the Yanagishima Myôken Temple

「当盛美人合」　柳島妙見に芸者

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1832–33 (Tenpô 3–4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3211.25

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri, Kuniyoshi (2011), #164 (complete triptych)

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.
It is unclear whether the title "Contest of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin awase)" refers to a series or to this work only.

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極