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「浮世五色合 黒」
Black (Kuro), from the series Comparison of Five Colors in the Floating World (Ukiyo goshiki awase)
「浮世五色合 黒」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 24.6 cm (14 7/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15146
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 64; Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #77; the series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-100 (dated 1844), photo p. 163
Signed
Ôju Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga
応需国貞改二代豊国画
応需国貞改二代豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「楽亭西馬述」
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.
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.