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武蔵野
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–99 (Kansei 10–11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 39.2 x 76.9 cm (15 7/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14551-3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #297; Ukiyo-e shûka 12 (1980), pls. 99-101; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #44.1-2, 2-2, 3-2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 10.2.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #310; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #329
DescriptionTriptych: 11.14551 (left), 11.14552 (right), 11.14553 (center)

MFA impressions: 11.14545-7, 11.14551-3
Signed Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印: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.