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Kaga no Chiyo, from the series Thirty-six Good and Evil Beauties (Zen-aku sanjûroku bijin)


「善悪三十六美人 加賀の千代」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Morimoto Junzaburô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1876 (Meiji 9), May

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.5 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44434
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
豊原国周筆
Marks Censor's seal
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Hei
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.