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Koito's Lover Washi no Sashichi (possibly actor Onoe Kikugorô III), from the series Mirror of Virtuous Women (Teijo misao kagami)


「てい女 美作保鏡 小糸 鷲ノ佐七」 (三代目尾上菊五郎ヵ)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kojimaya Jûbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.3 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16086
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-1786
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印:渡
彫師:なし
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.