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「縞揃女弁慶（しまぞろひおんあべんけい）」 菊の制札
Writing a Label for Chrysanthemums, from the series Women in Benkei-checked Fabrics (Shimazoroi onna Benkei)
「縞揃女弁慶（しまぞろひおんあべんけい）」 菊の制札
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Ibaya Kyûbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.3 x 24.7 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36354
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #119; Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #61
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hama
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Renkichi
改印：浜
彫師：ほり廉吉
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Renkichi
改印：浜
彫師：ほり廉吉
Inscriptions柳下亭 種員
鉢植の花はをらねと制札の
掟ににたるゆひのふか爪
鉢植の花はをらねと制札の
掟ににたるゆひのふか爪
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.