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「琴棋書画之内 琴」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Koto (Kin), from the series The Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga no uchi)
「琴棋書画之内 琴」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Matsushima Fusajirô (Horikô Fusajirô, Hori Fusa) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.4 x 50.2 cm (14 5/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29103-4
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G146 (no photo)
DescriptionDiptych (two right sheets of incomplete triptych): *11.29103-4
MFA impressions: *11.29103-4 (two right sheets only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.45111a-c, 11.45116a-c
MFA impressions: *11.29103-4 (two right sheets only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.45111a-c, 11.45116a-c
Signed
Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga (right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (left sheet)
国貞舎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国筆
国貞舎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国筆
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Murata
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印：米良、村田
彫師：彫工房次郎
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Fusajirô
改印：米良、村田
彫師：彫工房次郎
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.