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「御誕生 田舎源氏須磨図」
The Birth of the Child: Inaka Genji at Suma (Gotanjô Inaka Genji Suma no zu)
「御誕生 田舎源氏須磨図」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 × 70.4 cm (13 15/16 × 27 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38989a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G404 (no photo); Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 1 (1935), pp. 118-9
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Kunisada hitsu (on center sheet), Ôju Kunisada ga (on left sheet)
梅蝶楼国貞画 国貞筆 応需国貞画
梅蝶楼国貞画 国貞筆 応需国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：卯弐改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：卯弐改
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.