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Aoi, from an untitled series of Genji pictures


源氏 「あふい」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hamadaya Tokubei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.8 x 18 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21167
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G548-09 (no photo)
DescriptionNo. 9 in the series.
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込、子五
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Hakari naki/ chihiro no soko no/ mirubusa no/ oiyuku sue wa/ ware nomi zo mimu
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.