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The Five Festivals (Go sekku): First Month, Young Woman with Battledore and Shuttlecock, by Tôkyo; Third Month, Warrior under Cherry Tree, after Torii Kiyonobu; Fifth Month, Zhong Kui (Shôki), after Hanabusa Itchô
The Five Festivals (Go sekku): First Month, Young Woman with Battledore and Shuttlecock, by Tôkyo; Third Month, Warrior under Cherry Tree, after Torii Kiyonobu; Fifth Month, Zhong Kui (Shôki), after Hanabusa Itchô

The Five Festivals (Go sekku): First Month, Young Woman with Battledore and Shuttlecock, by Tôkyo; Third Month, Warrior under Cherry Tree, after Torii Kiyonobu; Fifth Month, Zhong Kui (Shôki), after Hanabusa Itchô

Umegawa Tôkyo (Japanese,1829–1869)
Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese, 1664–1729)
Hanabusa Itchô (Japanese, 1652–1724)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions23.7 x 29.9 cm (9 5/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.20460
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
The Five Festivals (Go sekku): Seventh Month, Obon Festival Dance, after Hishikawa Moronobu; Ninth Month, Chrusanthemums, after Ogata Kôrin
The Five Festivals (Go sekku): Seventh Month, Obon Festival Dance, after Hishikawa Moronobu; Ninth Month, Chrusanthemums, after Ogata Kôrin
Umegawa Tôkyo
Admiral Sperry - Issued by the Department of Communications in commemoration of the Visit of the American Fleet. Oct. 1908.
Admiral Sperry - Issued by the Department of Communications in commemoration of the Visit of the American Fleet. Oct. 1908.
Tokyo Printing Company (Tokyo insatsu kabushiki kaisha)
about 1908
Admiral Sperry - Issued by the Department of Communications in commemoration of the Visit of the American Fleet. Oct. 1908.
Admiral Sperry - Issued by the Department of Communications in commemoration of the Visit of the American Fleet. Oct. 1908.
Tokyo Printing Company (Tokyo insatsu kabushiki kaisha)
about 1908
WELCOME American Fleet - Issued by the Department of Communications in commemoration of the Visit of the American Fleet. Oct. 1908.
WELCOME American Fleet - Issued by the Department of Communications in commemoration of the Visit of the American Fleet. Oct. 1908.
Tokyo Printing Company (Tokyo insatsu kabushiki kaisha)
1908
WELCOME American Fleet - Issued by the Department of Communications in commemoration of the Visit of the American Fleet. Oct. 1908.
WELCOME American Fleet - Issued by the Department of Communications in commemoration of the Visit of the American Fleet. Oct. 1908.
Tokyo Printing Company (Tokyo insatsu kabushiki kaisha)
1908
WELCOME American Fleet - Issued by the Department of Communications in commemoration of the Visit of the American Fleet. Oct. 1908.
WELCOME American Fleet - Issued by the Department of Communications in commemoration of the Visit of the American Fleet. Oct. 1908.
Tokyo Printing Company (Tokyo insatsu kabushiki kaisha)
1908
Map of the Path of the Conflagration from the Great Earthquake in the Imperial Capital
Map of the Path of the Conflagration from the Great Earthquake in the Imperial Capital
Victims' Information Bureau of Tokyo Imperial University
1923 (Taishô 12)
Image Not Available for Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty-fourth Emperor of Japan
Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty-fourth Emperor of Japan
The Japan Advertiser, Tokyo
1928 (Shôwa 3), November
American Fleet - Ship and Commander (inset).
American Fleet - Ship and Commander (inset).
Shima, Tokyo
about 1908
Group shot: 50.21, 11.21692
Apprentice Courtesan (Shinzô) (right), Female Peddler (Onna akindo) (left), from the book Comparisons of the Customs of Women (Onna fûzoku shinasadame)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Group shot: 11.14959-60
Courtesans Parading at New Year: Komurasaki of the Tamaya and Sanshû of the Tsutaya (Tamaya uchi Komurasaki, Tsutaya uchi Sanshû)
Gokyô
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month