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「御祝 七五三 源氏の壽」
Felicitations to Genji on the Occasion of the Shichigosan Celebration (Oiwai Shichigosan Genji no kotobuki)
「御祝 七五三 源氏の壽」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 70.7 cm (14 3/16 × 27 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38991a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G405 (no photo)
Signed
Kunisada ga (on right and left sheets), Baichôrô Kunisada ga (on center sheet)
国貞画 梅蝶楼国貞画
国貞画 梅蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Hare 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Kanegorô (on right sheet)
改印：卯弐改
彫師：彫工兼五郎
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Kanegorô (on right sheet)
改印：卯弐改
彫師：彫工兼五郎
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.