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Young Man and Women on Falconry Excursion


鷹狩り行列
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1802–04 (Kyōwa 2–Bunka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ōban triptych; 39.2 x 77.1 cm (15 7/16 x 30 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13793, 11.14391, 11.14964
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #75; Ukiyo-e shūka 3 (1978), list #235; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 31.2.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshū (1941), #613; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #335
DescriptionTriptych: 11.13793 (center), 11.14391 (right), 11.14964 (left)
Signed Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.