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「流行逢都絵希代稀物（ときにあふつゑこたいのまれもの）」
Popular Ôtsu-e Paintings for the Times: A Long-Awaited Rarity (Toki ni Ôtsu-e kitai no maremono)
「流行逢都絵希代稀物（ときにあふつゑこたいのまれもの）」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.1 x 77 cm (15 x 30 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21352, 11.21353, 11.21373
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #93; Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #4; Iwakiri 2011, #372; Suzuki 1992, #442; Inagaki and Isao, Kuniyoshi no kyôga (1991), #81
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21352 (left), 11.21353 (center), 11.21373 (right)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi (on left sheet only)
改印：米良、村田
彫師：彫多吉
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Takichi (on left sheet only)
改印：米良、村田
彫師：彫多吉
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.