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Orange Blossoms of the Imperial Palace (Ukon no tachibana): (Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as) Eboshiori Motome, from the series Popular Matches for Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tôsei mitate sanjûroku kasen)


「当盛見立三十六花撰(とうせいみたてさんじふろくくわせん) 右近橘 ゑぼし折求女」 十三代目市村羽左衛門
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.4 x 24 cm (13 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.42399
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #38
DescriptionThe series: 36 sheets (11.42370-11.42405) plus title page (11.26606).
見立
Signed Kiô Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
喜翁豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawadô Hori Take
改印: 戌四改
彫師: 横川堂彫竹
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.