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「隅田堤花盛の光景」
Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom in the Banks of the Sumida River (Sumida zutsumi hanazakari no kôkei)
「隅田堤花盛の光景」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 76.6 cm (14 3/4 x 30 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21290-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôkubo, Namazu-e (Nat'l. Mus. of J. History, 2021), prologue fig. 7; MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #139
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21290 (left), 11.21291 (center), 11.21292 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.21290-2, *11.43605a-c (deaccessioned in 2012); 11.45394.4a-c (creped)
MFA impressions: 11.21290-2, *11.43605a-c (deaccessioned in 2012); 11.45394.4a-c (creped)
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯十二
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.
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.