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「往古うわなり打の図」
The Ancient Custom of Attacking the Concubine (Ôko uwanari-uchi no zu), second edition
「往古うわなり打の図」
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.3 × 69.8 cm (13 7/8 × 27 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39581a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hiraki Mus., Hiroshige no giga (2023), #136; Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #130; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #27; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #530 (reprint edition)
DescriptionA slightly altered reprint of a triptych first published in the mid-1840s.
MFA impressions:
First edition, 1843-7: 11.21404-6
Reprint edition, 1852, slightly altered: 11.22606a-c, 11.39581a-c
Left sheet of first edition plus center and right sheets of reprint: 11.17164-6
MFA impressions:
First edition, 1843-7: 11.21404-6
Reprint edition, 1852, slightly altered: 11.22606a-c, 11.39581a-c
Left sheet of first edition plus center and right sheets of reprint: 11.17164-6
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu (on left and right sheets)
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
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.