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貴婦人花見
Ladies Viewing Cherry Blossoms beside a Stream
貴婦人花見
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793 (Kansei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 39 x 51.3 cm (15 3/8 x 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14103-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Mus., Chôbunsai Eishi ten (2023), #65; Someya, Chôbunsai Eishi mokuroku (Chiba, 2023), #155; Ukiyo-e shûka 8 (1980), Eishi list, #57; Brandt, Hosoda Eishi (1977), fig. 206, list no. 143
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.14103 (left), 11.14104 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.14102 (center sheet only), 11.14103-4 (center and left sheets only), 21.4899-901
MFA impressions: 11.14102 (center sheet only), 11.14103-4 (center and left sheets only), 21.4899-901
Signed
Eishi ga (on each sheet)
栄之画
栄之画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
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.