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「岩戸神楽乃起原」
The Origins of Sacred Dance at the Heavenly Cave (Iwato kagura no kigen)
「岩戸神楽乃起原」
Japanese
Edo period
1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 75 cm (14 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22318-20
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #35; Genshoku Ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 4 (1981), #20
DescriptionTriptych: 11.22318 (right), 11.22319 (center), 11.22320 (left)
Signed
Ôju Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Kunisada aratame nidai Toyokuni ga (on center and left sheets)
応需 国貞改二代豊国画(年玉印) 国貞改二代豊国画(年玉印)
応需 国貞改二代豊国画(年玉印) 国貞改二代豊国画(年玉印)
Marks
Censor's seal: Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：吉村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：吉村
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.