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Series of Courtesans under Cherry Blossoms, Printed in Blue: (a) Kaomachi of Yagyoku, kamuro Matsuno and Konagawa, (b) Hanaogi of the Ogiya, kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta, (c) Nanahito of the Sugata-Ebiya, kamuro Tsuruji and Kameji, (d) Yosooi of the Matsubaya, kamuro Wakana and Tomeki, (e) Yatsuhashi of the Naka-Manjiya, kamuro Wakaba and Yayoi


藍摺遊女 「弥玉内 顔町 まつの こな川」 「扇屋内 花扇 よしの たつた」 「姿海老屋内 七人 つるじ かめじ」 「松葉屋内 粧ひ わかな とめき」 「中万字や内 八ツ橋 わかば やよひ」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei (Hôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831 (Tenpô 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (aizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban, optional pentaptych; each sheet: 36.5 x 28.4 cm (14 3/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.415a-e
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ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #155; Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 14 (R only)
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)