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「其由縁花の祭礼」
Genji's Festival of Alluring Flowers (Sono yukari enka no sairei)
「其由縁花の祭礼」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Publisher: Kiya Sôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 73.6 cm (14 3/16 × 29 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38731a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G377 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1963.6a-c (creped and mounted in album), 11.38731a-c, 11.38840a-c (creped)
Signed
Ichijusai Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Kunisada ga (on center sheet), Baichôrô Kunisada ga (on left sheet)
一寿斎国貞画 梅蝶楼国貞画
一寿斎国貞画 梅蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Dog 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌十二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌十二改
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.