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大名屋敷の京伝
Santô Kyôden at a Daimyô's Mansion
大名屋敷の京伝
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1788–90 (Tenmei 8–Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.2 x 76.3 cm (14 1/4 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14536-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #47; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #515; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 23.2.1-3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #44; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #316
DescriptionTriptych: 11.14536 (left), 11.14537 (center), 11.14538 (right)
Originally co-published by Fushimiya Zenroku and Kôzuya Isuke, but there are no publishers' marks at all on this edition.
MFA impressions: 11.14533-5, 11.14536-8, 21.7671-3
Originally co-published by Fushimiya Zenroku and Kôzuya Isuke, but there are no publishers' marks at all on this edition.
MFA impressions: 11.14533-5, 11.14536-8, 21.7671-3
Signed
Utamaro ga (on each sheet)
歌麿画
歌麿画
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.