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「花鳥乗合源氏 （はなにとりのりあいけんじ）」
Flowers and Birds: Genji and His Companions Sharing a Boat (Hana ni tori noriai Genji)
「花鳥乗合源氏 （はなにとりのりあいけんじ）」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 73.9 cm (14 3/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21606, 11.21607, 11.25122
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G261 (no photo); Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #67
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21606 (right), 11.21607 (center), 11.25122 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.21606VR (11.21606, 11.21607, 11.25122; complete triptych), *11.45208a-b (two right sheets only; deaccessioned in 2012)
MFA impressions: 11.21606VR (11.21606, 11.21607, 11.25122; complete triptych), *11.45208a-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 seal: Goat 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未八改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未八改
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.
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.