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Fujibakama: Iwafuji, from the series Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji kumo ukiyo-e awase)


「源氏雲浮世画合(げんじくもうきよゑあハせ) 蘭 岩藤」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Iseya Ichiemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25.1 cm (14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36530
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Nat. Mus. of J. Hist., Nishiki-e wa ika ni tsukurareta ka (2009), p. 83, fig. 7 (first edition, altered block, second edition); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S45.30; the series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G447 (no ph
DescriptionNo. 30 in the series.
Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Onaji no no/ tsuyu ni yatsururu/ fujibakama/ aware ya kake yo/ kagoto bakari mo
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.