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Seven New Year Herbs for the Bride with a Sense of Rhythm, a Triptych (Hyôshikiki yome no nanakusa, sanmai tsuzuki), from a Set of Twelve (Jûni kumi no uchi)


「十二組の内 拍子利嫁の七草 三枚つづき」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Kamaya Matabei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1809 (Bunka 6), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 75.8 cm (14 7/8 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13827-9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #89
DescriptionTriptych: 11.13827 (center), 11.13828 (right), 11.13829 (left)
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Snake 3
改印:極、巳(弐+一)
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.