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「再板 伽羅先代萩御殿之図」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
The Palace Scene in the Play Meiboku Sendai Hagi, Reprinted (Saihan Meiboku Sendai hagi goten no zu)
「再板 伽羅先代萩御殿之図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; about 38.1 × 50.8 cm (15 × 20 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45273a-b
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTwo right sheets of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.44117a-c (complete), *11.45273a-b (two right sheets only, deaccessioned in 2012)
MFA impressions: 11.44117a-c (complete), *11.45273a-b (two right sheets only, deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：改、丑十二
彫師：彫庄治
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：改、丑十二
彫師：彫庄治
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.
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.