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A Flower-viewing Party on the Water (Suijô hana no en no zu)


「水上花の宴之図」
Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, ?–1831?)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 40.5 x 84.8 cm (15 15/16 x 33 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24899-901
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 11.24899 (left), 11.24900 (center), 11.24901 (right)
Signed Utamaro hitsu (on each sheet)
歌麿筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.