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Flower Arrangement of Chrysanthemums in Dragon Vase


竜の花瓶に菊の生け花
Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, ?–1831?)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri with usuzumi); ink on paper
Dimensions Vertical aiban; 35 x 23.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14438
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印:なし
版元:なし
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.