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「しらぬひものかたり 三十二篇」 袋
Wrapper for the book Shiranui monogatari, Ch. 32
「しらぬひものかたり 三十二篇」 袋
Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880)
For: Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Hirookaya Kôsuke (Kikujudô) (Japanese)
For: Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Hirookaya Kôsuke (Kikujudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
17.2 × 14.4 cm (6 3/4 × 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45793.15
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The book: Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 4 (1990), p. 617 (with dates of volumes 1-57)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.45792.2, 11.45973.15 (different colors)
Front of wrapper, cut out and mounted in album 11.45793.1-30.
Author (posthumous): Ryûkatei Tanekazu (1807-58) 柳下亭種員
Edited by: Ryûtei Tanehiko II (=Ryûtei Senka I, 1804-68) 柳亭種彦（二代目）、笠亭仙果（初代）
MFA impressions: 11.45792.2, 11.45793.15 (including part of the back)
Front of wrapper, cut out and mounted in album 11.45793.1-30.
Author (posthumous): Ryûkatei Tanekazu (1807-58) 柳下亭種員
Edited by: Ryûtei Tanehiko II (=Ryûtei Senka I, 1804-68) 柳亭種彦（二代目）、笠亭仙果（初代）
MFA impressions: 11.45792.2, 11.45793.15 (including part of the back)
Signed
Ryûkatei tsukuru, Baichôrô e, Hiro Kô han (following title)
柳下亭つくる、梅てふろう絵、ひろこうはん
柳下亭つくる、梅てふろう絵、ひろこうはん
Marks
Artist's seal: Gengyo hitsu
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.