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Yozakura wo miru futari
夜桜を見る二美人
Women Admiring Cherry Blossoms at Night
Yozakura wo miru futari
夜桜を見る二美人
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1848–60 (Kaei era to Ansei era)
Medium/Technique
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 120.3 x 49.4 cm (47 3/8 x 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7590
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #149; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 368; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), p. 257, fig. 29, painting checklist (by T. Clark) #28
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi
一勇斎国芳
一勇斎国芳
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.