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Cherry-blossom Viewing Party at Juhô-ji Temple on Mount Zeshin, Slightly to the North of the East Gate of Shitennô-ji (Shitennô-ji tômon yori sukoshi kita Zeshin-zan Juhô-ji)

Cherry-blossom Viewing Party at Juhô-ji Temple on Mount Zeshin, Slightly to the North of the East Gate of Shitennô-ji (Shitennô-ji tômon yori sukoshi kita Zeshin-zan Juhô-ji)

(Japanese, active about 1801–1830)
about 1804–18 (Bunka era)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions34.5 x 48 cm (13 9/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.20234
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Description

Printed inexpensively with just two colors (instead of

the usual five or more), this large, eye-catching print

served as an advertisement to attract visitors to the

famous weeping cherry trees of the temple Juhō-ji,

still an Osaka landmark today. While enjoying food,

drink, and music, partygoers write poems inspired by

the beauty of the blossoms on slips of colored paper

and tie them to the branches.

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.