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Flowers (Hana), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers of Eastern Genji (Azuma Genji setsugekka no uchi)


「吾妻源氏雪月花ノ内 花」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 74.3 cm (14 3/8 x 29 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29268-70
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G333-04 (no photo); Matsushita, Nishiki-e ga kataru edo no shoku (2009), pp. 32-33
DescriptionTriptych: 11.29268 (right), 11.29269 (center), 11.29270 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.29268-70, 11.43483a-c
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 10
Blockcutter's marks: Yokokawa Hori Take (on right and center sheets), Hori Take (on left sheet)
改印:改、寅十
彫師:横川彫竹 彫竹
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.