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Women Under a Cherry Tree

(Japanese, dates unknown)
latter half of Kansei (1789 - 1801) - first half of Bunka (1804 - 18) eras
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 108.7 x 39.5 cm (42 13/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.7941
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
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.
Party Scene in the Yoshiwara
Gessai Gabimaru
dated 1800 (Kansei 12)
The Female Captain of the Boat
Numata Gessai (Utamasa)
about Bunsei era (1818–30) ?
Geisha Carrying a Shamisen Case in the Snow
Numata Gessai (Utamasa)
about mid Bunka era (1804–18)
Flowers
Shunyo
19th century
Waterfall and Kingfisher
Okajima Seikô
mid 19th century
Landscape
Okamoto Toyohiko
early 19th century
Sonshô Mandala
14th century