Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Okon’s Lover Fukuoka Mitsugi, from the series Mirror of Virtuous Women (Teijo misao kagami), 1843-7.

Okon’s Lover Fukuoka Mitsugi, from the series Mirror of Virtuous Women (Teijo misao kagami)「てい女　美作保鏡　おこん　福岡貢」.

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi [歌川國芳] (Japanese, 1798 – 1861).

Publisher: Kojimaya Jūbei [小嶋屋重兵衛] (Japanese, fl. c. 1797 – 1869).

Year: 1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4).

Signed: 一勇斎国芳画 – Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga.

Censor’s seal: Watari.

Size: Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.6 cm

Ref.: MFA № 11.16085.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Edo Period (1603 – 1868), Mid-19th century
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper
Technique	Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Size	Vertical Ōban
Subject	Fukuoka Mitsugi (福岡貢), Kabuki
School	Utagawa (歌川)
Artist	Utagawa Kuniyoshi [歌川國芳] (Japanese, 1798 – 1861)
Series	Mirror of Virtuous Women (Teijo misao kagami)
Publisher	Kojimaya Jūbei [小島屋重兵衛] (Japanese, c. 1797 – 1869)
Publishing year	1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847
Signatures/Inscriptions/Marks	Artist's seal, Censor's seal: Watari, Publisher's seal
Acquisition year	2015

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