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「人形之図 内証」
Inner Secrets of the Household, a Picture of Life-sized Dolls (Ningyô no zu, Naishô)
「人形之図 内証」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tanaka Hori Ushi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 2), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 34.5 x 48.4 cm (13 9/16 x 19 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43845a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049088.html
Description遊女が楼内で仕度をする様子を見せた生き人形の見世物絵。
Signed
Ôju Toyokuni gisha (on each sheet)
応需豊国戯写(年玉枠)
応需豊国戯写(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 3
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ushi
改印：改、辰三
彫師：彫工千
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ushi
改印：改、辰三
彫師：彫工千
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.