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「吾妻げんじ 見立五節句 睦月」
The First Month (Mutsuki), from the series The Five Festivals Represented by Eastern Genji (Azuma Genji mitate gosekku)
「吾妻げんじ 見立五節句 睦月」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 × 77.4 cm (14 9/16 × 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17339-41
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G551-01 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.17339 (left), 11.17340 (center), 11.17341 (right)
MFA impressions: 00.980-2, 11.17339-41
MFA impressions: 00.980-2, 11.17339-41
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada ga (on right sheet), Kunisada ga (on center sheet), Ichijusai Kunisada ga (on left sheet)
梅蝶楼国貞画 国貞画 一寿斎国貞画
梅蝶楼国貞画 国貞画 一寿斎国貞画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯五
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯五
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.