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The Palace Scene in the Play Meiboku Sendai Hagi, Reprinted (Saihan Meiboku Sendai hagi goten no zu)


「再板 伽羅先代萩御殿之図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.1 x 75.5 cm (14 5/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.44117a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.44117a-c (complete), *11.45273a-b (two right sheets only, deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印:改、丑十二
彫師:彫庄治
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.