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「東都桜木十景 忍ヶ丘の夜雨」
Night Rain at Shinobugaoka (Shinobugaoka no yau), from the series Ten Views of Cherry Trees in the Eastern Capital (Tôto sakuragi jikkei)
「東都桜木十景 忍ヶ丘の夜雨」
Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige) (Japanese, about 1802–1835)
Other artist: Artist unidentified, Japanese
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Other artist: Artist unidentified, Japanese
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25.3 cm (14 5/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15420
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionArtist of inset picture not yet identified; presumably a pupil of Toyokuni II.
Signed
Gosotei Toyokuni ga (main image); Kuni ... ga (inset)
後素亭豊国画、国？画
後素亭豊国画、国？画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.
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.