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Viewing Cherry Blossoms in the Inner Precincts of the Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa okuyama sakura kenbutsu no zu)

(Japanese,
died in 1858)
(Japanese)
1857 (Ansei 4), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 75.6 cm (14 1/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.36830a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Description

The most famous temple in the city of Edo (modern

Tokyo) was the Sensō-ji temple in Asakusa, near the

Yoshiwara pleasure quarter. The expansive grounds

behind the main buildings functioned as a kind of

fairground where various attractions were displayed.

Here, fashionably dressed women parade under the

blossoms, perhaps hoping that visitors coming to see

the cherry trees will admire their elegant costumes

as well.

ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.
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