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Peonies at Kitazawa in Tokyo (Tôkyô Kitazawa botan), from the series Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Sanjûrokkasen)


「三十六花撰 東京 北沢牡丹」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 23.7 cm (14 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37281
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionNo. 16 in the series.

MFA impressions: 01.7335.17, 11.37281
Signed Risshô hitsu
立祥筆
Marks Censor's seal: Tiger 7 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:寅七改
彫師:なし
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.