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「紫源氏蚕養道」
Silkworm Cultivation for Genji and Murasaki (Murasaki Genji kaiko yashinai no michi)
「紫源氏蚕養道」
Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 75.8 cm (14 1/2 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16224a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G438 (no photo)
Signed
Kuniteru ga (on each sheet)
画輝画
画輝画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：丑七改
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：丑七改
彫師：彫竹
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.