Ch. 30, Fujibakama, from the series Traces of Genji in Fifty-four Chapters (Omokage Genji gojûyo jô)

「俤けんじ五十四帖　三十　藤袴」

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 × 25.8 cm (14 13/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.15556

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G554-30, pl. 243; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga, Part II (2009), Edo #191-31; Fukuda, Enshoku Genji-e (1991), fig. 86

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15556, 11.37391.30

Complete series, from album: 11.37391.1-.54

Signed Baichôrô Kunisada hitsu (on main image); Ryûsai (on fan inset)
梅蝶楼国貞筆、立斎

Marks Censor's seal: Rat 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artists' seals: toshidama (on main image); ga (on fan inset)
改印：子九改
彫師：なし

InscriptionsPoem: Onaji no no/ tsuyu ni yatsururu/ fujibakama/ aware ya kake yo/ kagoto bakari mo

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.