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Kayaba-chô, from the series One Hundred Beautiful Women at Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho hyakunin bijo)


「江戸名所百人美女 かやば町」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Kunihisa II (Japanese, 1832–1891)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 26.1 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.830
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Edo engei hana zukushi (2009), #11
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.784, 00.830, 11.15037
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (main image); Kunihisa ga (inset)
豊国画(年玉枠)、国久画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳十一
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)