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The Yûgao Scene from Inaka Genji, from the series Eastern Magic Lantern Slides in Edo Purple (Edo Murasaki Azuma no utsushi-e)


「江戸むらさきあつまのうつし絵」 田舎源氏 夕顔
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 x 76.1 cm (14 5/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43520a-c
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G308-02, pl. 143; Kyoto City Mus., Yomu, miru, asobu Genji monogatari no sekai (2008), #80
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43520a-c, 11.45205a-c
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、村田
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.