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Snow View (Yuki no nagame), from the series Fashionable Genji (Fûryû Genji)


「風流源氏 雪の眺め」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.3 × 71.2 cm (13 7/8 × 28 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39586a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G550-02, pl. 234; Mueller et al., Competition and Collaboration (2007), #156; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #94.7; Tanba 1965, #113
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1264 (center sheet only, deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39586a-c (complete triptych), 21.5917 (center sheet only), 47.25-7 (complete triptych), 2016.924a-c
Signed Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Hiroshige hitsu (on center sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠) 広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Blockcutter's marks: Yokokawa Hori Take (on right and left sheets), Hori Take (on center sheet)
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印:改、丑十二
彫師:横川彫竹 彫竹
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.