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The Hour of the Rabbit, Sixth Hour of Light (U no koku, Ake muttsu toki), from the series Twelve Hours of a Modern Clock (Imayo tokei jûniji)


「今世時計十二時 卯ノ刻 明六つ時」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1818–24 (early Bunsei era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 26.5 cm (15 1/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26905
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-19
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15317, 11.26905
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
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.