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Moon (Tsuki), from the series Contemporary Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Jisei kachô fûgetsu)


「時世花鳥風月 月」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 x 76.5 cm (14 5/16 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36647a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G547-04 (no photo)
DescriptionFrom a series co-designed by Kunisada and Kuniyoshi, as follows.
Flowers: Kunisada, 11.43512a-c
Birds: Kunisada, 11.43519a-c
Wind: Kuniyoshi, 11.36648a-c
Moon: Kuniyoshi, 11.36647a-c
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
彫師:なし
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.