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The Hour of the Monkey, Seventh Hour of Evening (Saru no koku, Yûbe nanatsu), from the series A Yoshiwara Clock (Yoshiwara tokei)


「吉原時計 申ノ刻 夕七ツ」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei (Hôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1818–20 (Bunsei 1–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39 x 26.5 cm (15 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42420
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-8
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29534, 11.42420
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.