Flowers (Hana), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi)

DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Flowers (Hana), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka no uchi)

「雪月花之内　はな」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 x 75.3 cm (14 3/16 x 29 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.45184a-c

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G318-03 (no photo)

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.15187 (center sheet only, deaccessioned in 2012), 11.43518a-c, *11.45184a-c (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.45185a-c, 11.45186a-c

Signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (center sheet), Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga (left sheet)
一陽斎豊国画　香蝶楼豊国画　国貞改豊国画

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：彫工房次郎

ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.