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The Seventh Hour (Hi nanatsu no toki): Four O'Clock in the Afternoon; Woman Reading a Letter, Water Seller, from the series Sundial of Modern Tradesmen (Tôsei akindo hidokei)


「当世商人日時計 日七ッ時」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Tsumuraya Saburobei (Nyoidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1821–23 (Bunsei 4–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25.3 cm (14 5/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28730
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15966, 11.28730 (different colors)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.