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Courtesans Relaxing (Kimitachi atsumari yosooi no zu)


「君たち集り粧ひの図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 75.3 cm (14 5/8 x 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1015-7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné POLA Research Inst., Edo bijin no yosooi (2018), pp. 36-9; not found in Marks et al., Genji's World (2012)
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1015 (center), 00.1016 (left), 00.1017 (right)

MFA impressions: 00.822 (left sheet only), 00.1015-7 (complete)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳五
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)