Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

1786-1865

One Hundred Beauties from Famous Places in Edo: Hijirizaka in Mita
(Edo meisho hyakunin bijo: Mita Hijirizaka)

signed Toyokuni ga within the artist's toshidama cartouche, signed Kunihisa ga (Utagawa Kunihisa II, 1832-1891) within the inset landscape cartouche; with publisher's seal To Yamaguchi (Yamaguchiya Tobei of Kinkodo), censor's seal aratame (examined), and censor's date seal Uma-ni (year of the horse [1858], 2nd month)

oban tate-e 14 3/4 by 10 1/8 in., 37.5 by 25.7 cm

Reference:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (mfa.org), from the Bigelow Collection, accession nos. 11.15259 and 11.45250

(inv. no. 10-2821)

price: Sold