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Title page (Mokuroku) for the series Modern Imitations of Genji (Imayô nazorae Genji)


「今様擬源氏 目録」
Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 × 23.7 cm (14 3/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41103
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G474 (no photos)
Signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku hitsu
一恵斎芳幾筆
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: kiri
改印:寅六改
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.