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Eight Views of Edo Figures (Edo sugata hakkei)


「江戸姿八契」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.9 × 77.5 cm (14 15/16 × 30 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21608-10
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.21608 (right), 11.21609 (center), 11.21610 (left)
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (right and center sheets), Kunisada ekaku (written on lantern on left sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画 くにさだゑかく
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.