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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom on the Banks of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa-zutsumi sakura-zakari)


「隅田川堤桜盛」
Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Publisher: Ezakiya Tatsuzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; about 38.1 x 25.4 cm (15 x 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22532
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 11.21449-51 (complete triptych), *11.22532 (left sheet, deaccessioned in 2012), *11.22533 (right sheet, deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画
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.