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「雪梅窓の若挟理」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
Plum Blossoms and Snow through the Window, the Nature of Youth (Setsubai uso no wakasa no kotowari)
「雪梅窓の若挟理」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
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 diptych; 35.5 x 48 cm (14 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29101-2
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G180 (no photo)
DescriptionDiptych (two left sheets of incomplete triptych): *11.29101 (right), *11.29102 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.29763VR (11.29763, 11.29802, 11.29803), *11.29101-2 (two left sheets only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.43532a-c
Based on a scene in Ch. 10 of Inaka Genji.
「偐紫田舎源氏」第十編より
MFA impressions: 11.29763VR (11.29763, 11.29802, 11.29803), *11.29101-2 (two left sheets only; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.43532a-c
Based on a scene in Ch. 10 of Inaka Genji.
「偐紫田舎源氏」第十編より
Signed
Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
香蝶楼豊国筆 国貞舎豊国画
香蝶楼豊国筆 国貞舎豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
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.