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「夏ノ交加 五枚続」 （五代目岩井半四郎風の美人）
Summer Activities, a Pentaptych (Natsu no kôka gomai tsuzuki): Beauty Imitating Actor Iwai Hanshirô V
「夏ノ交加 五枚続」 （五代目岩井半四郎風の美人）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804–18 (Bunka era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 23.7 cm (13 7/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40117
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 002-1309; another sheet of the pentaptych: British Museum 1908,0718,0.25.1-5
DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete pentaptych.
Unidentified publisher's mark.
簪は五代目岩井半四郎の紋である丁字車。
Unidentified publisher's mark.
簪は五代目岩井半四郎の紋である丁字車。
Signed
Kunisada ga
国貞画
国貞画
Marks
No censor's seal
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.