The Echigoya at New Year
正月の越後屋
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Sôshûya Yohei (Japanese), Publisher Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.1 × 78.5 cm (15 × 30 7/8 in.)
Accession Number
11.15183, 11.15185, 11.15735
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Triptych: 11.15183 (right), 11.15185 (left), 11.15735 (center)
Signed
Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画
Markings
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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