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今源氏錦絵合 「蛍 廿五」
Ch. 25, Hotaru, from the series The Color Print Contest of a Modern Genji (Ima Genji nishiki-e awase)
今源氏錦絵合 「蛍 廿五」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 18.1 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20838
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G325-25 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
Without number: 11.20854, 11.20900, 11.20952
With number: 11.20838
With number in circle: 01.5686, 2011.975.25, 2019.1977.21 (Iseya ed.)
Without number: 11.20854, 11.20900, 11.20952
With number: 11.20838
With number in circle: 01.5686, 2011.975.25, 2019.1977.21 (Iseya ed.)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子閏
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「かすかなる蛍の火にも見ゆるまてつもる机のちりははつかし 浅舒庵詮村」
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.