Visiting a Temple, from the series Present-day Sparrow Girls of Edo (Tôsei Edo suzume)
「当世江戸すゝ女」 参詣
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-86, photo p. 162
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.1 cm (14 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Accession Number
11.22002
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
年玉の中は寺の境内。
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Markings
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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