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「げんじ雲鞍馬がたけ」
Genji Clouds in the Peaks of Mount Kurama (Genji kumo Kurama-ga-take)
「げんじ雲鞍馬がたけ」
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 76.1 cm (14 5/8 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43492a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G197 (no photo); Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints (2010), pp. 122-3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.45189a-c, 11.43492a-c, 11.45195a-c
An earlier (1830s) version of the same design: 34.418a-c
An earlier (1830s) version of the same design: 34.418a-c
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Ôju Toyokuni ga (on center and left sheets)
香蝶楼豊国画 応需豊国画
香蝶楼豊国画 応需豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺
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.
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.