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The Ninth Month (Kikuzuki), from the series Annual Events for Young Murasaki (Wakamurasaki nenjû gyôji no uchi)


「若紫年中行事之内 菊月」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.7 x 75.9 cm (14 13/16 x 29 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15909-11
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G316-09 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.15909 (left), 11.15910 (right), 11.15911 (center)

MFA impressions: 00.1793VR (00.1793, 00.1795, 00.1796), 11.15909-11, 11.45199a-c, *11.45204 (left sheet only; deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良、渡辺、子七
彫師: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.