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「小町物語 浮世源氏 第四編 全四冊」 表紙
Book covers for Komachi monogatari ukiyo Genji, Part 4, Complete in 4 Volumes
「小町物語 浮世源氏 第四編 全四冊」 表紙
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
20 x 26.2 cm (7 7/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42422
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/he13/he13_03222/he13_03222_0002/he13_03222_0002.html; the book: Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 1 (1989), p. 357 (with dates of volumes)
DescriptionThe completed full-color print would be cut in half to become the color covers for two fascicles sold together in a paper wrapper.
The book included 15 parts with 4 volumes each, for a total of 60 fascicles, published from 1830 to 1848.
Author: Santô Kyôzan (1769-1858).
山東京山
The book included 15 parts with 4 volumes each, for a total of 60 fascicles, published from 1830 to 1848.
Author: Santô Kyôzan (1769-1858).
山東京山
Signed
Santô Kyôzan saku, Utagawa Kunisada ga
山東京山作、歌川国貞画
山東京山作、歌川国貞画
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.