Holiday of Cherry Blossoms at Naka-no-chô in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Naka-no-chô sakura no monpi)

「新よし原仲の町さくらの紋日」

Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych 36.8 × 73 cm (14 1/2 × 28 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession NumberRES.53.91-3

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: RES.53.91 (left), RES.53.92 (center), RES.53.93 (right)

Signed Ichijusai Yoshikazu ga (on each sheet)
一寿斎芳員画

Marks Censor's seal: Goat 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未弐改
彫師：なし

Provenance1953, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1953)