Inscription
「人の手にまかせてをらす野の錦目うつりのする花の仲蝶 需に応して山東庵京山戯題」
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame 改印: 極
Provenance
By 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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Japanese, Edo period, about 1830 (Tenpô 2)
- Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), Japanese, 1786–1864
- Publisher Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô), Japanese
Catalogue Raisonné
Another print in the series: Izzard, Kunisada's World (12993), #60
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.15627
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper