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The Tango Festival, from the series Fashionable Five Festivals (Fûryû Gosekku)


「風流五節句」 端午の節句
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1811 (Bunka 8), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 24.4 cm (14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17783
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA prints in the series: 11.17760, 11.17783
Signed Eizan hitsu
英山筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.