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「若之三人」
Standing Beauty, from the series Three Young People (Waka no sannin)
「若之三人」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei (Fukusendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 × 24.9 cm (14 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40082
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPossibly the right sheet of an incomplete trioptych, with 11.40083 as the left sheet.
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Tanaka Heishirô
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
版元：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Ume no hana/ sore to mo miezu/ hisakata no/ amakiru yuki no/ nabete furikui
「梅の花それとも見へす久かたのあまきる雪のなへてふれくひ」
「梅の花それとも見へす久かたのあまきる雪のなへてふれくひ」
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.