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Women with Court Carriage under Cherry Blossoms


桜下の御所車
Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, ?–1831?)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1811(Bunka 8), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.3 x 26.4 cm (15 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14386
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOne sheet of incomplete triptych?
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Tsuruya Kinsuke
改印:極、鶴金
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.