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御殿山の花見駕籠
Cherry-blossom Viewing at Goten-yama
御殿山の花見駕籠
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
1805 (Bunka 2), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 72.2 cm (14 x 28 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23006-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hockley, ed., Women of Shin Hanga (2013), #8; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #549.1-3; Ukiyo-e shûka 6 (AIC 3, 1978), pls. 119-21
DescriptionTriptych: 11.23006 (left), 11.23007 (center), 11.23008 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.14405 (left sheet only), 11.23006-8, 21.7703-5
The MFA impressions have no publisher's mark, but the Chicago impression has an unidentified publisher's mark.
MFA impressions: 11.14405 (left sheet only), 11.23006-8, 21.7703-5
The MFA impressions have no publisher's mark, but the Chicago impression has an unidentified publisher's mark.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, 12
改印：極、十弐
改印：極、十弐
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.
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.