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五節句
The Five Festivals (Gosekku)
五節句
Japanese
Edo period
about 1803 (Kyôwa 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban pentaptych; 39.2 x 132.1 cm (15 7/16 x 52 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14195VR
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #87; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #264; Ukiyo-e shûka 9 (1981), pls. 152-6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 29.1.1-5; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #s 701-3 (sheets 1, 3, 4)
DescriptionPentaptych, right to left: 11.14332 (New Year), 11.14341 (Third Month), 11.14337 (Fifth Month), 11.14198 (Seventh Month), 11.14195 (Ninth Month)
MFA impressions: *06.1767 (C only, deaccessioned in 2019), 11.14195VR (11.14195, 11.14198, 11.14332, 11.14337, 11.14341; complete), 18.291-5 (complete), 34.264 (CR only)
MFA impressions: *06.1767 (C only, deaccessioned in 2019), 11.14195VR (11.14195, 11.14198, 11.14332, 11.14337, 11.14341; complete), 18.291-5 (complete), 34.264 (CR only)
Signed
Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：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.