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Autumn (Aki), from the series The Four Seasons (Shiki no uchi)


「四季之内 秋」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 34.5 x 72.3 cm (13 9/16 x 28 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29543, 11.45212a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), pp. 94-5; Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G322-03 (no photo); Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #84
DescriptionTriptych: 11.29543 (right), 11.45212a-b (center and left)

MFA impressions: 11.15167VR (11.15167, 11.15177, 11.15179); 11.29543VR (11.29543, 11.45212a-b)

Play: Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata
Theater: Ichimura
源氏模様娘雛形(げんじもようふりそでひながた)
市村座
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
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.