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「あかし風呂」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban, two-tier hexaptych; 72.5 x 74.5 cm (28 9/16 x 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26976-81
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G160, pl. 158
DescriptionHexaptych: 11.26976 (bottom right), 11.26977 (bottom center), 11.26978 (bottom left), 11.26979 (top left), 11.26980 (top center), 11.26981 (top right)

MFA impressions: 11.26976-81 (complete), 11.42202a-f (complete), 11.45274a-c (upper half only)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet of upper half); Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (lower right); Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (lower center); Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (lower left)
豊国画(年玉枠) 香蝶楼豊国画(年玉枠) 一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks Censors' seals (top half): Fuku, Muramatsu
Censors' seals (bottom half): Mera, Murata
No blockcutter's mark
改印(上):福、村松
改印(下):米良、村田
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.