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「今様源氏 三曲遊宴之図」
Concert of Three Instruments (Sankyoku yûen no zu), from the series Genji in Modern Style (Imayô Genji)
「今様源氏 三曲遊宴之図」
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 10th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 × 75.5 cm (14 3/4 × 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21398-400
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G055 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21398 (right), 11.21399 (left), 11.21400 (center)
MFA impressions: 11.21398-400 (complete triptych), 11.45409a-b (two left sheets, without background, creped)
MFA impressions: 11.21398-400 (complete triptych), 11.45409a-b (two left sheets, without background, creped)
Signed
Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国周画（年玉枠）
国周画（年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申十改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申十改
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.