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「風流やつし源氏 若菜巻上」
The Wakana Chapter, Part 1 (Wakana no maki, jô), from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fûryû yatsushi Genji)
「風流やつし源氏 若菜巻上」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1791–92 (Kansei 3–4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39 x 77.5 cm (15 3/8 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14015, 11.14098, 11.14099
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #61; Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #45; Nakamachi, "Genji Pictures," in Envisioning the Tale of Genji (2008), fig. 43; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #82.10
DescriptionTriptych: 11.14015 (right), 11.14098 (center), 11.14099 (left)
Signed
Eishi ga (on each sheet)
栄之画
栄之画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.