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Moto Hachiman: SIngle Blossoms, Double Blossoms (Hitoae, yae), from the series Cherry-blossom Viewing Spots in Edo (Edo hanami tsukushi)


「江戸花見尽 元八幡 一重八重」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.7 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15451
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15451, RES.52.63
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
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.