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「喜怒愛楽之内 楽」
Pleasure/Music (Raku), from the series Joy and Anger, Love and Pleasure (Kido airaku no uchi)
「喜怒愛楽之内 楽」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 77 cm (14 9/16 x 30 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15903-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G332-04 (no photo); Fukuda, Enshoku Genji-e (1991), fig. 80
DescriptionTriptych: 11.15903 (center), 11.15904 (right), 11.15905 (left)
(Photographed out of order; the dancing child with a fan should be the center sheet)
(Photographed out of order; the dancing child with a fan should be the center sheet)
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, Tiger 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：改、寅八
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：改、寅八
彫師：彫竹
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.