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大女三人姉妹
Three Big Girls
大女三人姉妹
Utagawa Yoshitsuna (Japanese, active about 1848–1868)
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 35.5 x 50 cm (14 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22015-6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049088.html; Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), p. 108
DescriptionDiptych: 11.22015 (left), 11.22016 (right)
Signed
Ittôsai Yoshitsuna ga (on each sheet)
一登斎芳綱画
一登斎芳綱画
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 4
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印：改、辰四
彫師：彫兼
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Kane
改印：改、辰四
彫師：彫兼
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.