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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Mitsuuji Looks in from the Veranda


縁側から屋敷の内を見る光氏
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (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; 36.6 x 76.8 cm (14 7/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43563a-c
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G164, pl. 162
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.29759VR (11.29759, 11.29761, 11.29765), *11.43563a-c (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.45280a-c, 11.45281a-c
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、馬込
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.