No. 31, Kumoi, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)

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No. 31, Kumoi, from the series An Excellent Selection of Thirty-six Noted Courtesans (Meigi sanjûroku kasen)

「名妓三十六佳撰　雲井　三十一」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 25.2 cm (14 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.42786

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné C's Ukiyo-e Museum, http://homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e/index.html

Signed Ôju Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
応需豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉八改
彫師：なし

Inscriptions雲井

はいかいを　このみ　素外の門に入り　また
書は　佐々木文山の作をしたひて
かい書をよくせり　人　聞きて　客となり
来たりていふ　おみなの四角な　文字書は
こゝろにくしとて　金百両をあたえて
質物にとれり　これよりして　楷書を
せずときけり　此の雲井　才媛にして
よく種々の文をつくりし中に　たもとの
枝折といふ　文の末に

　　くきにつや
　　　　ただ春の日の　めぐみより

　梅屋栄中　誌

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.