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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Definitely Hearing It (Kitto kiku), from the series An Asortment of Chrysanthemums in the Modern Style (Imayô kiku soroi)


「時世粧菊揃(いまやうきくぞろひ) きつときく」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 23.6 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28738
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #128
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.28738 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.36318, 11.37133
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Mura
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印:村
彫師:彫工房次郎
InscriptionsPoem by Umeya: Tawamure ni/ ...
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.