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The Syllable Ni: Somei of the Ebiya, from the series ABC Poems for Beautiful Courtesans (Bijin keisei iroha tanka)


「美人契情以呂波たんか 二 海老屋内 染井」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1810s–1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—MFA Chinese Expedition, 1923-24
Accession NumberRES.54.187.6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-40
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15417, RES.54.187.6

Album: RES.54.187.1-.38
Signed Okonomi ni tsuki Kunisada ga
御好ニ付 国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Inscriptions「にくからぬ人相にしてにこやかさ」