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「源氏香の図 薄雲」
DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019
Usugumo, from the series Genji Incense Pictures (Genji kô no zu)
「源氏香の図 薄雲」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
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; 25.8 x 18.7 cm (10 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22980
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G303-19 (no photo); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #39-20
DescriptionNo. 19 in the series.
MFA impressions: *11.22980 (deaccessioned in 2019), 2016.1550
MFA impressions: *11.22980 (deaccessioned in 2019), 2016.1550
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga
香蝶楼豊国画
香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Irihi sasu/ Mine ni tanabiku/ Usugumo wa/ Mono omou sode ni/ Iro ya magaeru
いりひさす みねにたなびく うす雲は 物おもふそでに いろやまがへる
いりひさす みねにたなびく うす雲は 物おもふそでに いろやまがへる
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.