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The Scene of the Tôkaidô Board Game, from the Play Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna


「恋女房染分手綱」 東海道道中双六 「じねんじよの三吉」 「重の井」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
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 75.5 cm (14 5/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43589a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.973-5 (pub. Ebisuya), 11.43589a-c (pub. Sumiyoshiya)
「恋女房染分手綱」の双六の場面を描く。
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right and center sheets), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on left sheet); Toyokuni monjin Kunimasa hitsu (on screen in left sheet)
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画(年玉印)、豊国門人国政筆(年玉印)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
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.