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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 × 75.6 cm (14 3/8 × 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29686, 11.29687, 11.45217
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G191 (no photo); Kyoto City Mus., Yomu, miru, asobu Genji monogatari no sekai (2008), #89
DescriptionTriptych: 11.29686 (center), 11.29687 (left), 11.45217 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.29686VR (11.29686, 11.29687, 11.45217; key block), 11.43558a-c (color)
MFA impressions: 11.29686VR (11.29686, 11.29687, 11.45217; key block), 11.43558a-c (color)
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺
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.