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Mitsuuji and Ladies Looking at Kimono


着物を見る光氏と貴婦人達
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.4 × 74.9 cm (14 5/16 × 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43556a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al, Genji's World (2012), list #G185 (no photo; Izutsuya edition)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.918a-c (Kiya edition, later), 11.43556a-c (Izutsuya edition), 11.45196a-c (Izutsuya edition)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right and center sheets)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松
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.