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「源氏後集余情 五十の巻」 「源氏後集余情 あずまや」
Ch. 50, Azumaya, from the series Lingering Sentiments of a Late Collection of Genji (Genji goshû yojô) [pun on The Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji gojûyojô)]
「源氏後集余情 五十の巻」 「源氏後集余情 あずまや」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 34.4 x 48.1 cm (13 9/16 x 18 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29851-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G339-37, pl. 141; Hockley, Public Spectacles, Personal Pleasures (2006), #50; Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #40-35
DescriptionDiptych: 11.29851 (left), 11.29852 (right)
MFA impressions: 00.1852a-b, 11.29851-2
MFA impressions: 00.1852a-b, 11.29851-2
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：午十二
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.