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「源氏後集余情 夕顔」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Ch. 5, Yûgao, from the series Lingering Sentiments of a Late Collection of Genji (Genji goshû yojô) [pun on The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji gojûyojô)]
「源氏後集余情 夕顔」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.5 x 23.9 cm (13 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29816
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G339-05, pl. 109; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #40-07
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.
MFA impressions: 11.15522 (left sheet only), *11.29816 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), *11.29821VR (11.29821, 11.29864; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.41034a-b
MFA impressions: 11.15522 (left sheet only), *11.29816 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), *11.29821VR (11.29821, 11.29864; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.41034a-b
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 2
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：午二
彫師：横川彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：午二
彫師：横川彫竹
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.