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The Capable Type (Seji ga yosasô), from the series Thirty-two Physiognomic Types in the Modern World (Tôsei sanjûni sô)


「当世三十弐相 世事がよさ相」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Nishinomiya Shinroku (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.7 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.495
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 28; Seikado, Kunisada (exh. cat., 1996), #63
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15623, 34.495
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)