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A Cherry-blossom Shamisen and Pine Trees of Folding Fans (Sakura no misuji suehiro no matsu)


「桜三筋末広の松(さくらのみすしすえひろのまつ)」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ebisuya Jinbei (Nakajin) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1847–48 (Kôka 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16538-40
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #95; Iwakiri 2011, #377
DescriptionTriptych: 11.16538 (right), 11.16539 (center), 11.16540 (left)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Kinugasa
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜、衣笠
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.