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「最中月色の草花」
Colorful Flowering Grasses in the Light of the Full Moon (Monaka no tsuki iro no kusabana)
「最中月色の草花」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (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 Number11.43533a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G175 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.43533a-c (complete), *11.45209a-b (two left sheets only; deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet), Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga (on center sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠) 国貞舎豊国画(年玉印) 香蝶楼豊国画(年玉印)
豊国画(年玉枠) 国貞舎豊国画(年玉印) 香蝶楼豊国画(年玉印)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
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.
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.