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The Bridge of the Brocade Sash (Kintaibashi), from the series Pictures in the Red-hair [i.e. European] Oil-painting Style (Kômô abura-e fû)


「紅毛油絵風 錦帯橋」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s–30s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.4 x 36.5 cm (9 5/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16012
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #37; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #2718; others in the series: Ukiyo-e taikei 10 (1976), #s 154, 155
DescriptionThe signature is spelled out phonetically and written sideways in imitation of European writing.
Signed Motome ni yorite Kunisada egaku
Marks No censor's seal
改印: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: 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.