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Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms


花見美人
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ezakiya Tatsuzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 x 70 cm (14 7/16 x 27 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40100a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.40100a-c (complete triptych, no censor's seal), 11.45277a-b (right and left sheets only, different coloring, with censor's seal)
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks No censor's seal
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.