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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Matsushima of the Sanomatsuya, kamuro Wakashi and Sankichi


「新吉原江戸町二丁目 佐野松屋内 松島」「わかし」「さんきち」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s (Tenpô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.2 cm (14 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29943
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOne sheet of an incomplete triptych or larger polyptych.

MFA impressions: *11.29943 (right sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), *11.29944 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.40122a-c (triptych)
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
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.