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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Yomogiu, from the series Genji Incense Pictures (Genji kô no zu)


「源氏香の図 蓬生」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 18.6 cm (10 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22976
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G303-15 (no photo); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #39-16
DescriptionNo. 15 in the series.

MFA impressions: *11.22976 (deaccessioned in 2019), 2016.1546
Signed Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga
国貞改二代豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村松
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Tazunete mo/ ware koso towame/ michi mo naku/ fukaki yomogi ga [=no]/ moto no kokoro o
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.