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花見美人
Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms
花見美人
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, two sheets from triptych; overall: 36 x 48.6 cm (14 3/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45277a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionNOT a diptych; right and left sheets of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.40100a-c (complete triptych, no censor's seal), 11.45277a-b (right and left sheets only, different coloring, with censor's seal)
MFA 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
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: Take (in color block)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：竹
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：竹
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.