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「近江八景之内 矢橋帰帆」
Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase kihan), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei no uchi)
「近江八景之内 矢橋帰帆」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (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; 37.7 × 76.1 cm (14 13/16 × 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17337, 11.17338, 11.17345
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G348-06, pl. 33
DescriptionTriptych: 11.17337 (center), 11.17338 (left), 11.17345 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.17337VR (11.17337, 11.17338, 11.17345), 11.38733a-c, 17.3215.17 (left sheet only)
MFA impressions: 11.17337VR (11.17337, 11.17338, 11.17345), 11.38733a-c, 17.3215.17 (left sheet only)
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet); Baichôrô Kunisada hitsu (on screen, on center sheet); Kunimasa aratame Nidai Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on left sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠) 梅蝶楼国貞筆 国政改二代国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠) 梅蝶楼国貞筆 国政改二代国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺
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.