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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS
(LOTS 24-83)

79 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861) 80 UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)

Octopus on a rock Carp and wisteria

Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, Woodblock print, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga,
published by Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshodo), published by Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshodo),
circa 1837 circa 1841
Vertical chutanzaku: 14¬ x 4√ in. (37.1 x 12.4 Vertical chutanzaku: 14√ x 5 in. (37.8 x 12.7 cm.)
cm.)
$4,000-6,000
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
PROVENANCE: Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield,
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
EXHIBITED:
EXHIBITED: “Utagawa Kuniyoshi”, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts,
“Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1980, exh. cat. pl. 65
MA”, exh. cat. p. 114, no. 80, exhibited at the following “Exhibition of Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi”, Riccar
venues: Art Museum, Tokyo, 23 November-24 December, 1978,
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994 exh. cat. pl. 215
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo
Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994 LITERATURE:
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4 The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Prints by Utagawa
October, 1994 Kuniyoshi (Massachusetts: The Raymond A. Bidwell and
“Utagawa Kuniyoshi”, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Bertha U. Bidwell Fund, 1968), pl. 45.
Springfield, Massachusetts, 1980, exh. cat. pl. 67
“Exhibition of Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi”, Riccar
Art Museum, Tokyo, 23 November-24 December, 1978,
exh. cat. pl. 221

LITERATURE:
The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Prints by Utagawa
Kuniyoshi (Massachusetts: The Raymond A. Bidwell and
Bertha U. Bidwell Fund, 1968), pl. 48.