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「風流生人形」
Fashionable Lifesized Dolls (Fûryû iki-ningyô)
「風流生人形」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorô (Japanese)
Publisher: Mikawaya Tetsugorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.2 × 72.4 cm (13 7/8 × 28 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39003a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50049088.html; Edo Tokyo Museum, Hakuran toshi Edo Tôkyô (1993), #1-79; Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), pp. 376-7
Signed
Ichijusai Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouches (on right and left sheets), Baichôrô Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouches (on center sheet)
一寿斎国貞画(年玉枠) 梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
一寿斎国貞画(年玉枠) 梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰二
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: 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.