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The Old Story of Karukaya Dôshin (Karukaya Dôshin no koji): Gotaisho (R), Katô Saemon Shigeuji (C), and Chidori no Mae (L)


「かるかやどうしんの故事」 「御たい所」  「加藤左衛門繁武公花見の宴の折から盃に桜のちりしを見てむじやうをかんじ出家を思ひたちたまふ図」  「千鳥の前」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sugiya Seibei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 37.7 x 50.9 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.29642, 11.29643, 11.45369
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.29642 (left), 11.29643 (center), 11.45369 (right)
加藤左衛門が源氏絵の光氏の様に描かれているので源氏絵とも分類できるヵ。
Signed Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
国貞改二代豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:普
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.