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「金性の御方」「二月七日卯の刻うけに入酉の年迄七年の間有卦入」 江ノ島の福助と福女
People Born in Metal Signs (Kinsei no onkata), At the Hour of the Hare on the 7th Day of the 2nd Month Will Enter a Lucky Cycle and Will Be Lucky for Seven Years through the Year of the Chicken (Nigatsu nanoka u no koku uke ni iri tori no toshi made shichinen no aida uke ni iru): Fukusuke and Fukujo at Enoshima
「金性の御方」「二月七日卯の刻うけに入酉の年迄七年の間有卦入」 江ノ島の福助と福女
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Or: Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Iseya Tetsujirô (Japanese)
Or: Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Iseya Tetsujirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 26.5 cm (14 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26461
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa-ha (Kobijutsu special issue, 1986), #360 (with different text)
DescriptionAccording to yin-yang divination (onmyôdô), luck followed a cycle of seven good years and then five bad years, according to one's year of birth. The ages of people in the lucky category are listed in the central box between the two halves of the title at the upper right.
Signed
Ichiryûsai
一立斎
一立斎
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅十二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅十二改
彫師：なし
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.