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Floating World Genji on an Excursion to Watch Fishing (Ukiyo Genji isari yûran no zu)


「浮世 源氏漁遊覧の図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsubota (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 x 74.1 cm (14 3/16 x 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43498a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G289, pl. 164
Signed Nanajûkyûsai Toyokuni hitsu (on each sheet)
七十九歳 豊国筆(年玉印)
Marks Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: toshidama
改印:子二改
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.