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「浅草境内人形桜花台美女揃之図」
Dolls Displayed in the Temple Precincts at Asakusa: An Array of Beauties under the Cherry Blossoms (Asakusa keidai ningyô ôkadai bijo soroe no zu)
「浅草境内人形桜花台美女揃之図」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 × 74.9 cm (14 1/8 × 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38977a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ono, Misemono fûzoku zushi (1977), p. 379
Description中之町花魁道中。人形十五体。
Signed
Baichôrô Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouches (on each sheet)
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
梅蝶楼国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 1
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳正
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳正
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: January 19, 2005)
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.