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「万延元年庚申六十一年目ニ当リ冨士山北口女入登山之図」
In 1860, a Kôshin Year Corresponding to the Sixty-first Year, Women Climb Mount Fuji from the North Side (Man'en gannen kôshin rokujûichinenme ni atari Fujisan kitaguchi nyonin tôzan no zu)
「万延元年庚申六十一年目ニ当リ冨士山北口女入登山之図」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Shinagawaya Kyûsuke, later Sugiura Asajirô (Tôseidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Shinagawaya Kyûsuke, later Sugiura Asajirô (Tôseidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 × 76.1 cm (14 1/2 × 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41142a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 009-0186 (R), 009-0187 (C), 009-0188 (L)
DescriptionIn general women were not permitted to climb Mount Fuji until 1872, but exceptions were sometimes made.
Signed
Tôto Ikkeisai Yoshiiku hitsu (on right sheet), Ikkeisai Yoshiiku hitsu (on center and left sheets)
Marks
Censor's seal: Monkey 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申三改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申三改
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: 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.