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「明石ノ浦景」
DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012
View of Akashi Bay (Akashi no ura kei)
「明石ノ浦景」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 34.5 x 49.3 cm (13 9/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29718-9
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G187, pl. 154 (Jôshûya Jûzô edition)
DescriptionDiptych (two right sheets of incomplete triptych): *11.29718 (left), *11.29719 (right)
Publisher (Daikokuya Heikichi) given on left sheet only.
MFA impressions: 11.29377-9 (Daikokuya edition, later), *11.29718-9 (two right sheets only, probably Daikokuya edition; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.43504a-c (Jôshûya Jûzô edition, earlier)
Publisher (Daikokuya Heikichi) given on left sheet only.
MFA impressions: 11.29377-9 (Daikokuya edition, later), *11.29718-9 (two right sheets only, probably Daikokuya edition; deaccessioned in 2012), 11.43504a-c (Jôshûya Jûzô edition, earlier)
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
（右）、一陽斎豊国画 （左）、香蝶楼豊国画
（右）、一陽斎豊国画 （左）、香蝶楼豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
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.