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「雪月花 其姿紫の花月」
That Familiar Figure with Flowers and Moon (Sono sugata yukari no kagetsu), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka)
「雪月花 其姿紫の花月」
Utagawa Kuniteru I (Sadashige) (Japanese, active about 1820–60)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 x 74.5 cm (14 7/16 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36851a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G432-02 (no photo)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniteru ga
一雄斎国輝画
一雄斎国輝画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯五
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯五
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.
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.