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桜時の恋文の猫
Cat Delivering a Love Letter in Cherry-blossom Season
桜時の恋文の猫
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 × 76 cm (14 3/16 × 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38999a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #14; Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list G347 (no photo)
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet), Nidai Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on center sheet), Baichôrô Kunisada hitsu (on left sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠) 二代国貞画(年玉枠) 梅蝶楼国貞筆
国貞画(年玉枠) 二代国貞画(年玉枠) 梅蝶楼国貞筆
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
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.