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Flower Arranged Personally (Te-ike no hana), No. 4 from the series Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)

Flower Arranged Personally (Te-ike no hana), No. 4 from the series Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)

(Japanese, active about 1830–60)
about 1835 (Tenpô 6)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 21 x 18.3 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.20734
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Rakuyôan: Kago ni sumu/ uguisu nare ya/ ito-take ni/ nagaki harubi o/ kurasu otome wa Poem by Takekumaan Sôju: Kaki o oru/ ada-gokoro naku/ yado shimete/ komoru te-ike no/ hana no ume ga ka Poem by Ryûeishi: Mayu tsukuri/ kami o aguru o/ tsutome nite/ kurasu onna ya/ haru no aoyagi
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.