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Toba-e Cartoon: Woman Tying Obi as Man Watches


鳥羽絵 女の帯
Utagawa Kunifusa (Japanese, active about 1830–1844)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 11.2 x 16.9 cm (4 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45819
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTwo prints from the same series (?): 11.45819, 11.45820
Signed Kunifusa ga
国総画
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.