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The Third Month: Cherry Blossoms along the Sumida River (Sumidagawa no hana), from the series The Five Festivals Matched with Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho mitate gosekku)


「江戸名所見立五節句 隅田川の花」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 24.5 cm (14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16298.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Yoshitora ga
芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Tashichi
改印:亥二改
彫師:彫多七
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.