Practicing Flower Arrangement on New Year's Morning (Haru no ashita ikebana keiko)
「春のあした生花稽古」
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G152, pl. 169; Kyoto City Mus., Yomu, miru, asobu Genji monogatari no sekai (2008), #183
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 x 76.3 cm (14 7/8 x 30 1/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.21490-2
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Triptych: 11.21490 (left), 11.21491 (center), 11.21492 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.15885-7, 11.21490-2, 11.29605VR (11.29605, 11.29609, 11.29610), 11.43501a-c, *11.45278a-c (deaccessioned in 2012), 17.3211.6-8
Signed
Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on right and left sheets), Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on center sheet)
一陽斎豊国画 香蝶楼豊国筆
Markings
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、吉村
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: 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection