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No. 1, Kiritsubo, from the series The Fifty-four Chapters [of the Tale of Genji] in Modern Times (Genji gojûyo jô)

No. 1, Kiritsubo, from the series The Fifty-four Chapters [of the Tale of Genji] in Modern Times (Genji gojûyo jô)

(Japanese, 1835–1900)
(Japanese)
(Japanese, 1844–1894)
1884 (Meiji 17), August
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.18161
On View
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem from GM: Itoki naki/ hatsumotoyui ni/ nagaki yo o/ chigiru kokoro wa/ musubikometsu ya
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.