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「三十六花撰 東京 百花園芍薬」
Peonies at Hundred Flower Garden in Tokyo (Tôkyô Hyakkaen shakuyaku), from the series Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Sanjûrokkasen)
「三十六花撰 東京 百花園芍薬」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 23.6 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30556
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
The name of the city of Edo was officially changed to Tokyo in 1868, but this print proves that the new name was already in informal use two years earlier. The Hundred Flower Garden (Hyakka-en) at Mukōjima was first opened in 1805 with hundreds of flowering plum trees, inspired by the famous plum garden at Kameido. But the new garden was also carefully planted with many different plants so that something special would be in bloom for every season.
DescriptionNo. 18 in the series.
MFA impressions: 01.7335.19, 11.30556, 11.38222 (creped)
MFA impressions: 01.7335.19, 11.30556, 11.38222 (creped)
Signed
Kisai Risshô
喜斎立祥
喜斎立祥
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅七改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅七改
彫師：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.