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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shûgetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei no uchi)


近江八景之内 石山秋月
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17361
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G348-02, pl. 29
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych; title on right sheet.

MFA impressions: *11.17361 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.38734a-c (complete triptych)
Signed Ichijusai Kunisada ga
一寿斎国貞画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Shôjirô
改印:米良、渡辺
彫師:彫工庄次郎
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.