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文読む美人
Woman Reading a Letter
文読む美人
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1826 (Bunsei 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
19.7 x 27.5 cm (7 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45529
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Description団扇絵の校合摺。
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: square kiwame, round Dog
改印：戌、極
改印：戌、極
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.