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「紅葉笠糸の綾琴」
A Canopy of Maple Leaves, the Patterned Strings of a Koto (Momijigasa ito no ayakoto)
「紅葉笠糸の綾琴」
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; 36.4 x 76.4 cm (14 5/16 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43536a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G176, pl. 157
DescriptionBased on illustrations in the book Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji, Ch. 24 (1837), pp. 12/13, 13/14, 14/15.
Signed
Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on center sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
国貞舎豊国画(年玉印) 一陽斎豊国画(年玉印) 香蝶楼豊国画(年玉印)
国貞舎豊国画(年玉印) 一陽斎豊国画(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.