The Third Month, Cherry Blossoms in Naka-no-chô (Sangatsu, jômi, Naka-no-chô no hana): Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, from the series Annual Events in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara nenjû gyôji)
Keisai Eisen
(Japanese, 1790–1848)
Daikokuya
(Japanese)
late 1820s–early 1830s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.6 x 26.1 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.17963
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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.
Toba-e Cartoon: Dropping the Burning Tobacco, from the series (?) Scenes of Comic Poems (Senryû tei)
Keisai Eisen
about 1810s–1840s