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Group shot (L-R): 11.19865, 11.19866, 11.19867, 11.19868, 11.19864

Women's Gagaku Concert under Cherry Blossoms: Tsuri-daiko, from the series Pentaptych for the Hisakataya Poetry Club (Hisakataya gobantsuzuki)

(Japanese, 1786?–1868)
about 1827 (Bunsei 10)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 22 x 18.9 cm (8 11/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.19864
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Ikkokutei Chikane: Hanamizake/ no yoi uchimasu/ ikkyoku no/ taiko no bachi wa/ sakurabô mite Poem by Hisakataya: Chô futatsu/ neburi samashite/ hitokanade/ hana no kangen ni/ asobu haru no hi 花見酒の酔うちさます一曲の　たいこの撥はさくら坊見て 蝶ふたつ眠ふりさまして一かなて　はなの管弦にあそふはるの日
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.