The Strong Woman Okane of Ômi Province (Ômi Okane), from the series Popular Lifelike Dolls (Fûryû Iki-ningyô)
「風流生人形 近江おかね」
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 1st month
Artist Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880), Publisher Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049088.html; Edo Tokyo Museum, Hakuran toshi Edo Tôkyô (1993), #1-75; Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), p. 148
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.3 × 48.3 cm (13 7/8 × 19 in.)
Accession Number
11.38960-1
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Diptych: 11.38960 (left), 11.38961 (right)
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada ga (on right sheet); Ichijusai Kunisada ga (on left sheet)
梅蝶楼国貞画 一寿斎国貞画
Markings
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰正
彫師：なし
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection