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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; 36.9 × 25.2 cm (14 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40083
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPossibly the left sheet of an incomplete trioptych, with 11.40082 as the right 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: Haru no no ni/ sumire tsumi nito/ koshi ware zo/ no o natsukashimi/ hitoya nenikeri
「春の野にすみれつみにとこし我そのをなつかしみひと夜ねにけり」
「春の野にすみれつみにとこし我そのをなつかしみひと夜ねにけり」
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.