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投扇興
The Fan-tossing Game (Tôsenkyô)
投扇興
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Azumaya Daisuke (Kinshûdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Azumaya Daisuke (Kinshûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 77.3 cm (14 3/4 x 30 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15228, 11.15758, 11.15759
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), pp. 130-131; Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G156 (no photo, dated 1849-50)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.15228 (left), 11.15758 (center), 11.15759 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.15228VR (11.15228, 11.15758, 11.15759), 11.29602-4, 11.29606-8
MFA impressions: 11.15228VR (11.15228, 11.15758, 11.15759), 11.29602-4, 11.29606-8
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kunisada aratame Toyokuni ga (on center sheet), Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on left sheet)
豊国画(年玉印) 国貞舎豊国画(年玉印) 豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉印) 国貞舎豊国画(年玉印) 豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
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: 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.
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.