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「春色麓の花」
Colors of Spring: Flowers at the Foot of the Mountain (Shunshoku fumoto no hana)
「春色麓の花」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 34.6 x 72.4 cm (13 5/8 x 28 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29886-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G181 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.29886 (center), 11.29887 (right), 11.29888 (left)
MFA impressions: 11.15231VR (11.15231, 11.15762, 11.15763), *11.29591-3 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29886-8
MFA impressions: 11.15231VR (11.15231, 11.15762, 11.15763), *11.29591-3 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29886-8
Signed
Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on center sheet), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on left sheet)
国貞舎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画（年玉印）
国貞舎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画（年玉印）
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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.