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美人と扇絵の十二支三枚続き揃え 「戌 美（ミ）図の祝ひ 三すじの糸まき 三枚つゞき」
Sign of the Dog: The Water Ritual (?), the Tuning Pegs of the Shamisen, a Triptych (Inu, mizu [?] no iwai, misuji no itomaki, sanmai tsuzuki), from an untitled triptych series of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Represented by Women with Fans
美人と扇絵の十二支三枚続き揃え 「戌 美（ミ）図の祝ひ 三すじの糸まき 三枚つゞき」
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.1 x 76.8 cm (15 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13633, 11.13637, 11.13639
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.13633 (left), 11.13637 (center), 11.13639 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.13633VR (11.13633, 11.13637, 11.13639), *11.40049-51 (deaccessioned in 2012)
MFA impressions: 11.13633VR (11.13633, 11.13637, 11.13639), *11.40049-51 (deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
豊国画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Tsuruya Kinsuke
改印：極、鶴金
改印：極、鶴金
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.