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Nise Murasaki inaka Genji zu
偐柴田舎源氏図 春
Spring: Scene from The False Murasaki's Rustic Genji (Nise Murasaki inaka Genji)
Nise Murasaki inaka Genji zu
偐柴田舎源氏図 春
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1839 (Tenpô 10)
Medium/Technique
One of a set of three hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 69.7 x 43.7 cm (27 7/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7579
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 359-(1)
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.