Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara

Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Naka-no-chô in the Yoshiwara

桜時の吉原仲之町

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1791–93 (Kansei 3–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban pentaptych; 38.5 x 129.3 cm (15 3/16 x 50 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7815-9

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1988), fig. 171

DescriptionPentaptych, left to right: 21.7815, 21.7816, 21.7817, 21.7818, 21.7819

MFA impressions: 11.13852-6, 21.7815-9, 2016.1412 (left sheet only)

Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.