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「江戸紫すかたのはゝきゞ」
Figures in Edo Purple: The Hahakigi Chapter (Edo Murasaki sugata no Hahakigi)
「江戸紫すかたのはゝきゞ」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 77 cm (14 3/4 x 30 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15218, 11.15760, 11.15761
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G166 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.15218 (left), 11.15760 (center), 11.15761 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.15218VR (11.15218, 11.15760, 11.15761), 11.21287-9, 11.45190a-c
MFA impressions: 11.15218VR (11.15218, 11.15760, 11.15761), 11.21287-9, 11.45190a-c
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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.