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Early Autumn (Môshû), from the series Five Festivals (Go sekku no uchi)


「五節供の内 孟秋」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kojimaya Jûbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper, with slight hand-applied color
Dimensions Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban sheet; 25.3 x 28 cm (9 15/16 x 11 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41539
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:普
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.