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Lilies

(Japanese)
1853 (Kaei 6), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions23.5 x 27.5 cm (9 1/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.25850
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.
Morning Glories
Morning Glories
Masudaya Ginjirô
1853 (Kaei 6), 1st month
Peonies
Peonies
Masudaya Ginjirô
1853 (Kaei 6), 1st month
Azaleas
Azaleas
Masudaya Ginjirô
1853 (Kaei 6), 1st month
Scene of the Cherry-blossom Viewing at the Hama Rikyû Palace (Hama Rikyû kan'ôkai no kôkei), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho no uchi)
Scene of the Cherry-blossom Viewing at the Hama Rikyû Palace (Hama Rikyû kan'ôkai no kôkei), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho no uchi)
Urano Ginjirô
1916 (Taishô 5), printed June 20, published June 25
Beside the Pond in Hibiya Park (Hibiya kôen chihan no kei), and (in the inset) Outside the Sakurada Gate (Sakurada mon soto), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho no uchi)
Beside the Pond in Hibiya Park (Hibiya kôen chihan no kei), and (in the inset) Outside the Sakurada Gate (Sakurada mon soto), from the series Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho no uchi)
Urano Ginjirô
1917 (Taishô 6), printed November 5, published November 10
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
Foreigners Employing a Camera (Gaikoku shashin kagami no zu), from an untitled series of activities of foreigners
Foreigners Employing a Camera (Gaikoku shashin kagami no zu), from an untitled series of activities of foreigners
Utagawa Yoshikazu
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 11th month
Shelter from the Rain at Tenpôzan by the Aji River in Osaka (Ôsaka Ajikawa Tenpôzan amayadori), from the series Fine Views of Tenpôzan, a Famous Place in Nainwa (Naniwa meisho Tenpôzan shôkei ichiran)
Shelter from the Rain at Tenpôzan by the Aji River in Osaka (Ôsaka Ajikawa Tenpôzan amayadori), from the series Fine Views of Tenpôzan, a Famous Place in Nainwa (Naniwa meisho Tenpôzan shôkei ichiran)
Yashima Gakutei
1834 (Tenpô 5)
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakama Jin'emon and Bandô Matsujirô as Umenosuke
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakama Jin'emon and Bandô Matsujirô as Umenosuke
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month
Caged Birds, from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochô jûnikin)
Caged Birds, from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochô jûnikin)
Chôbunsai Eishi
about 1791 (Kansei 3)