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「吉原時計 巳ノ刻 昼四ツ」
The Hour of the Snake, Fourth Hour of Day (Mi no koku, Hiru yottsu), from the series A Yoshiwara Clock (Yoshiwara tokei)
「吉原時計 巳ノ刻 昼四ツ」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei (Hôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei (Hôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1818–20 (Bunsei 1–3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 26 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15321
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-8, photo p. 154; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 11 (1982), #362
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15070, 11.15321, 11.29898
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.