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満月に桜と提灯
Lantern and Flowering Cherry Branch in Moonlight, probably from an unidentified harimaze sheet
満月に桜と提灯
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Kotanzaku (or harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet?); 31.6 x 7.3 cm (12 7/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19975
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem: Saigyô mo/ mada minu hana no/ kuruwa ka na
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.