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Woman Drinking Water


水を飲む美人
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban sheet; 23.8 x 30.5 cm (9 3/8 x 12 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21136
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks No censor's seal
Inscriptions「目の寄れは白玉水や縁の鼻」
ProvenanceBy 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.