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「花尽東源氏之内 梅」
Plum (Ume), from the series A Collection of Flowers for Eastern Genji (Hana tsukushi Azuma Genji no uchi)
「花尽東源氏之内 梅」
Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Horikô Senkichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Horikô Senkichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 76.5 cm (14 1/2 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16227a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G439 (no photo)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniteru ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet), Kuniteru ga, in toshidama cartouche (on center and left sheets)
一雄斎国輝 画輝画
一雄斎国輝 画輝画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 9 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Senkichi
改印：丑九改
彫師：彫工仙吉
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Senkichi
改印：丑九改
彫師：彫工仙吉
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.