Celebrating Setsubun at the Kameido Tenjin Shrine on the Sixth Day of the First Month (Kameido Tôzaifusha shôgatsu muika setsubun no zu)
「亀戸東宰府社正月六日節分之図」
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month
Artist Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873), Publisher Sonoharaya Shôsuke (Japanese)
Dimensions
Horizontal chûban; 19 × 27.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.39628
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Signed
Gountei Sadahide ga
五雲亭貞秀画
Markings
Censor's seal: Rat 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子二改
彫師：なし
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection