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Concert Scene from Inaka Genji, from the series Eastern Magic Lantern Slides of a Charming Figure (Yasa sugata Azuma no utsushi-e)


「やさ姿あつまのうつしゑ」 田舎源氏
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 cm (14 5/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43523a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G315-03 (no photo); Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #75
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43523a-c (complete triptych), RES.52.3 (left sheet only)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right and center sheets), Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
国貞舎豊国画
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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.