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Courtesans on Parade


傾城道中
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Ôsada (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 × 25.4 cm (14 1/2 × 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17366
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete polyptych.
Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:未十二改
彫師:彫竹
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.