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「教訓三界図絵」
Educational Pictures of the Three Worlds (Kyôkun sangai zue)
「教訓三界図絵」
Japanese
Edo period
1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 74.1 cm (14 9/16 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36853a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #31; Minami, Edo no fûshiga (1997), pp. 142-2, fig. 33
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.22737VR (11.22737, 11.22738, 11.37333), 11.22739a-c, 11.36853a-c
Signed
Utagawa Sadashige ga (on right and left sheets)
歌川貞重画
歌川貞重画
Marks
Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：普
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：普
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.