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「衣更着 十二月ノ内 梅見」
The Second Month: Viewing Plum Blossoms (Kisaragi, umemi), from the series The Twelve Months (Jûni tsuki no uchi)
「衣更着 十二月ノ内 梅見」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 75.9 cm (14 5/8 x 29 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43588a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), pp. 66-67; Matsushita, Nishiki-e ga kataru edo no shoku (2009), pp. 26-27
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅六
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅六
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.