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「花暦吉日姿 爪とりよし」
A Good Day to Trim One's Nails (Tsume tori yoshi), from the series A Floral Calendar: Women on Lucky Days (Hana goyomi kichihi sugata)
「花暦吉日姿 爪とりよし」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25 cm (14 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29360
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-99, photo p. 163
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15118, 11.29360
Signed
Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga
国貞改二代豊国画
国貞改二代豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Tanaka
Blockcutter's mark: Sanmai tuzuki no uchi, Hori Renkichi
改印：田中
版元：三枚つゞきの内ほり簾吉
Blockcutter's mark: Sanmai tuzuki no uchi, Hori Renkichi
改印：田中
版元：三枚つゞきの内ほり簾吉
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.