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「俤けんじ五十四帖 五 若紫」
Ch. 5, Wakamurasaki, from the series Traces of Genji in Fifty-four Chapters (Omokage Genji gojûyo jô)
「俤けんじ五十四帖 五 若紫」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.9 x 25 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37391.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G554-05 (no photo); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga, Part II (2009), Edo #191-6; Fukuda, Enshoku Genji-e (1991), fig. 128
DescriptionComplete series, from album: 11.37391.1-.54
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada hitsu (on main image); Ryûsai (on fan inset)
梅蝶楼国貞筆、立斎
梅蝶楼国貞筆、立斎
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artists' seals: toshidama (on main image); ga (on fan inset)
改印：子正改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artists' seals: toshidama (on main image); ga (on fan inset)
改印：子正改
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Te ni tsumite/ itsu shi ka mo mimu/ murasaki no/ ne ni kayoikeru/ nobe no wakakusa
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.