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Shower at the Ruined Temple (Kodera no yûdachi), from the series Four Seasons (Shiki no uchi)


「四季の内 古寺の夕立」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Enshūya Hikobei (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; 36.6 x 76 cm (14 7/16 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43527a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G322-02 (no photo); Kyoto City Mus., Yomu, miru, asobu Genji monogatari no sekai (2008), #81
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
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.