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「花競廓夜桜（はなくらべくるわよさくら）」
Contest of Flowers: Night Cherry Blossoms in the Pleasure Quarter (Hana kurabe kuruwa yozakura)
「花競廓夜桜（はなくらべくるわよさくら）」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Fuji (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Fuji (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1858 (Ansei 5), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.4 x 76.4 cm (14 3/4 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1039-41
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1039 (left), 00.1040 (center), 00.1041 (right)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Horse 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Fuji
改印：午八
彫師：彫藤
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Fuji
改印：午八
彫師：彫藤
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)