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「江戸名所四十八景 十八 新よし原」
No. 18, New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara), from the series Forty-Eight Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho yonjûhakkei)
「江戸名所四十八景 十八 新よし原」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1860–61 (Man'en 1–Bunkyû 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.6 x 18.4 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26410
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Horticultural technology in Edo-period Japan was so advanced that even fairly large trees could be successful transplanted. Every spring, the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter on the outskirts of town was decorated with living cherry trees planted down the center of the main street (and removed later, after their season was over). Even people who had no interest in the services for sale in this area sometimes visited the Yoshiwara to see the famous cherry blossoms.
Catalogue Raisonné
Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #16-18
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1728 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.20458, 11.26410, 2011.975.72, 2016.1230
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
版元：なし
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.