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薄紫曙けしき 春の宵船の遊
Lavender Scenery at Dawn: Enjoying a Boat Ride on a Spring Night (Usumurasaki akebono keshiki: Haru no yoi funa no asobi)
薄紫曙けしき 春の宵船の遊
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.2 × 25.5 cm (14 5/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17360
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list G352 (no photo)
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych; title on left sheet.
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅九
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅九
彫師：なし
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.