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Sheet 1 of Cherry Blossoms in the New Yoshiwara, a Pentaptych (Shin Yoshiwara sakura no keshiki, gomai tsuzuki)


「新吉原桜の景色 五枚つゞき」 一
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.6 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.669
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #66 (complete pentaptych, benigirai edition); Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 3 (1982), #200 (complete pentaptych, full color edition)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete pentaptych.
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenanceBy 1906, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; March 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)