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Cherry Blossoms, from the series A Book of Popular Songs (Hauta no maki)

Cherry Blossoms, from the series A Book of Popular Songs (Hauta no maki)

(Japanese)
(Japanese)
1859 (Ansei 6), 6th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.8 cm (14 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1454
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Yae hitoe ... usugeshô
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)
A Plum-blossom Viewing Boat (Umemibune): Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I and Onoe Kikujirô II (?)
A Plum-blossom Viewing Boat (Umemibune): Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I and Onoe Kikujirô II (?)
Shunpûsha
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Actors Sawamura Tosshô II as Fukuoka Mitsugi (R), Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Ryôrinin Kisuke, and Sawamura Tanosuke III as Aburaya Okon (L)
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Shunpûsha
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Group shot: 11.14959-60
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Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakama Jin'emon and Bandô Matsujirô as Umenosuke
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