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「当盛春景色」
An Up-to-date Spring Scene (Tôsei haru geshiki)
「当盛春景色」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1829 (Bunsei 12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.4 x 51.3 cm (14 5/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16059-60
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kôbe Mus., Western Blue/Seiyô no ai (2007), #107; Suzuki 1992, #228 (complete triptych)
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.16059 (right), 11.16060 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.16059-60 (center and left sheets), 11.28804 (center sheet only)
MFA impressions: 11.16059-60 (center and left sheets), 11.28804 (center sheet only)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.