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No. 21, Cherry-blossom Viewing at the Middle Hall and the Double Hall in Ueno (Ueno Chûdô Futatsu-dô no hanami), from the series Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi)


「江戸名所道化尽 二十一 上野中堂二ッ堂の花見」
Utagawa Hirokage (Japanese, active 1855–1865)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Kanegorô (Hori Kane) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16940
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16940, 11.16941, 11.43589.23, *11.45390.14 (deaccessioned in 2019)
Signed Hirokage ga
広景画
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 7 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Kane
改印:未七改
彫師:彫工兼
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.