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「月夜乃たわむれ」
Amusements on a Moonlit Night (Tsukiyo no tawamure)
「月夜乃たわむれ」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (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; 36.5 x 73.8 cm (14 3/8 x 29 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21407-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bickford, Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters (1994), pl. 39
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21407 (left), 11.21408 (center), 11.21409 (right)
MFA impressions: 54.1530-2, 11.21407-9
MFA impressions: 54.1530-2, 11.21407-9
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
香蝶楼豊国筆 一陽斎豊国画
香蝶楼豊国筆 一陽斎豊国画
Marks
Censor's seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、衣笠
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.