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Fashionable Magic Lantern Pictures of the Floating World (Ryûkô ukiyo no utsushi-e)


「流行浮世の写絵」
Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1867 (Keiô 3), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 72.9 cm (14 x 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26462, 11.42095a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.26462 (left sheet), 11.42095a-b (right and center sheets)
Signed Ôju Hiroshige giga (on left sheet only)
応需広重戯画
Marks Censor's seal: Hare 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô ...gorô (on right sheet)
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.