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The Scene of Sankatsu's Divorce, from Onna Mai Tsurugi no Momiji (Onna mai tsurugi no momiji, Sankatsu enkiri no dan, jô, shinpan), from an untitled series of jôruri libretti


「女舞剣紅葉 三勝縁切段 上 新板」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about early 1830s (early Tenpô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.7 × 25.9 cm (14 13/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15506
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-76
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15506, 11.15508 (with different coloring)
背景は浄瑠理本六行本。
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.