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Evening Banquet for Cherry-blossom Viewing at the Rokujô Palace (Rokujô gosho hanami no yûen)


「六条御所花見之夕宴」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 72.8 cm (14 3/4 x 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21392-4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G232 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21392 (center), 11.21393 (right), 11.21394 (left)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on right and left sheets)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯五
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: August 3, 1911)

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.