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「見たて五行 水 浮船」
Water (Mizu): Ukifune, from the series Comparisons for the Five Elements (Mitate gogyô)
「見たて五行 水 浮船」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.2 x 51.3 cm (15 1/16 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16063-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G456-04, pl. 24; Kyoto City Mus., Yomu, miru, asobu Genji monogatari no sekai (2008), #94; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #150; Fukuda, Enshoku Genji-e (1991), fig. 65
DescriptionDiptych (two right sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.16063 (right), 11.16064 (left)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田
彫師：なし
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.