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Peony Garden

Peony Garden

(Japanese, 1786–1864)
(Japanese)
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
DimensionsVertical ôban, creped; 22.5 x 15.1 cm (8 7/8 x 5 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1800
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Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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)
Tomoe Gozen, from the series Biographies of Famous Women, Ancient and Modern (Kokin meifu den)
Tomoe Gozen, from the series Biographies of Famous Women, Ancient and Modern (Kokin meifu den)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1859 (Ansei 6), 8th month
Daruma Dolls Coming to Life: Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Daruma
Daruma Dolls Coming to Life: Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Daruma
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1857 (Ansei 4), 12th month
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as Sanzaemon's Daughter (Musume) Hinaginu
Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as Sanzaemon's Daughter (Musume) Hinaginu
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 10th month
Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Takechi Mitsuhide
Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as Takechi Mitsuhide
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month
Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Hida no kami Masakiyo
Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Hida no kami Masakiyo
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 10th month
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Shirataki no Sakichi, from the series Mirrors for Collage Pictures in the Modern Style (Imayô oshi-e kagami)
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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 9th month
a-c
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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month
a-c
Koto (Kin), from the series Genji Parodies of the Four Accomplishments (Mitate Genji kinkishoga no uchi)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month
a-c
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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 11th month
a-c
Congratulations to Genji (Genji goshûgen no zu)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 9th month
Ni Brigade, First Group, Ryôgoku Bridge: Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yokoyama no Yosaburô, from the series Flowers of Edo and Views of Famous Places (Edo no hana meishô-e)
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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month
The Third Month (Yayoi), from the series Ashikaga Silk Hand-dyed in Purple: The Twelve Months (Ashikaga kinu tezome murasaki, Jûnikagetsu no uchi)
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Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month