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「新版画合源氏双六」
Newly Published Genji Board Game: A Picture Contest (Shinpan eawase Genji sugoroku)
「新版画合源氏双六」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Game board: 75.2 x 72.3 cm (29 5/8 x 28 7/16 in.)
Wrapper: 25.6 x 20.2 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Wrapper: 25.6 x 20.2 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39468.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G154 (no photo)
DescriptionGame board: 11.39468.1
Original wrapper in which folded game board was sold: 11.39468.2
Original wrapper in which folded game board was sold: 11.39468.2
Signed
Ôju Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on game board), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on wrapper)
應需一陽斎豊国画
應需一陽斎豊国画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
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.