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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Arashiyama (Arashiyama manka), from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyôto meisho no uchi)


「京都名所之内 あらし山満花」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; about 25.4 × 38.1 cm (10 × 15 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17226
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #35.01
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1071, 11.1858, *11.17226 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.17262, 21.8199, 21.8200
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
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.