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「往古うわなり打の図」
The Ancient Custom of Attacking the Concubine (Ôko uwanari-uchi no zu)
「往古うわなり打の図」
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.6 x 76.5 cm (14 13/16 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17164-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hiraki Mus., Hiroshige no giga (2023), #136; Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #130; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #27; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #530 (reprint edition)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.17164 (center), 11.17165 (left), 11.17166 (right)
MFA impressions:
First edition: 11.17164-6, 11.21404-6
Reprint edition, slightly altered: 11.22606a-c, 11.39581a-c
MFA impressions:
First edition: 11.17164-6, 11.21404-6
Reprint edition, slightly altered: 11.22606a-c, 11.39581a-c
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu (on left and right sheets)
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seal (on left sheet): Watari
Censors' seals (on right and center sheets): Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印（左）：渡
改印（右、中）：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：なし
Censors' seals (on right and center sheets): Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印（左）：渡
改印（右、中）：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：なし
Inscriptions「うハなり打ちの事ハ古き書に多くミへて六七百年のむかしよ有しよし其頃ハ貴人にもにたる事有しとかや○かって道具ハ今のさまに画きしハ童蒙にわからしめんためなり（さ）つし給へかし」
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.