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The Lonely House at Asajigahara (Asajigahara hitotsuya no zu)


「浅芽原一ッ家之図」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27038-40
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #3; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #117; Suzuki 1992, #219; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T318
DescriptionTriptych: 11.27038 (center), 11.27039 (left), 11.27040 (right)
Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (on right and left sheets), Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on center sheet)
朝櫻楼国芳画 一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯二
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.