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「其由縁廓の曙」
That Romantic Figure in the Licensed Quarter at Dawn (Sono yukari kuruwa no akebono)
「其由縁廓の曙」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych, creped; 21.5 × 45.5 cm (8 7/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41861a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G061 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1060-2, 00.1963.5a-c (creped and mounted in album), 11.41861a-c (creped)
Signed
Ichibai Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right sheet); Kunichika ga, in toshidama cartouche (on center and left sheets)
一梅国周画(年玉枠) 国周画(年玉枠)
一梅国周画(年玉枠) 国周画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥五改
彫師：彫太田多七
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥五改
彫師：彫太田多七
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.