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Customs of the Twelve Months


Tsukiji fuzoku zu oshiebari byobu
月次風俗図押絵貼屏風
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
Kôka (1844–48) - Kaei (1848–54) eras

Medium/Technique Set of twelve paintings mounted on a pair of six-panel folding screens (one of a pair); ink, color, gold, silver, and mica on silk
Dimensions Image: 93.3 x 36.3 cm (36 3/4 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7585
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 361(2)
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.