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Women Returning from Cherry-blossom Viewing


花見の帰り道
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 73.2 cm (14 1/16 x 28 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43595a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably from the same series: 11.43595a-c, 11.45546a-c
Signed Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (on right sheet), Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga (on center sheet), Utagawa Toyokuni ga (on left sheet); Monjin Kunimasa ga (background)
香蝶楼豊国画 一陽斎豊国画 歌川豊国画、(背景)門人国政画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜
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.