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今源氏錦絵合 「若紫 五」
Ch. 5, Wakamurasaki, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「若紫 五」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 18 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20799
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-05 (no photo); Tokugawa Art Mus., Kaiga de tsuzuru Genji monogatari (2005), #71
DescriptionMFA impressions, all with number in circle: 11.20799, 11.20887, 11.20921, 2011.975.5, 2019.1977.14 (Iseya ed.), 2019.1977.34 (Iseya ed.)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、丑正
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、丑正
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Musashino no/ hanamurasaki no/ ura wakaki/ kono hitomoto ni/ niru iro wa nashi
「むさしのゝ花むらさきのうらわかきこの一もとに似る色はなし 富貴子」
「むさしのゝ花むらさきのうらわかきこの一もとに似る色はなし 富貴子」
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.