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「初春之遊 紫万歳」
New Year Amusements: A Manzai Dance for Murasaki (Hatsuharu no asobi Murasaki manzai)
「初春之遊 紫万歳」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (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; 34.5 × 75.2 cm (13 9/16 × 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38739a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G346 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.38739a-c, 17.3216.23-5
Signed
Toyokuni monjin Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Ichijusai Kunisada ga (on center sheet), Kunisada ga (on left sheet
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、村田
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.