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「今様六つの花くらべ 新よし原尾張楼内 長浜」
Nagahama of the Owari-rô in the New Yoshiwara, from the series Comparison of Modern Snowflakes (Imayô mutsu no hana kurabe)
「今様六つの花くらべ 新よし原尾張楼内 長浜」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36 × 25.1 cm (14 3/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39084
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Description"Mutsu no hana" can mean literally "flowers with six petals" or by extension "snowflakes."
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)
国貞画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉六改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉六改
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Suzushisa ya/ fune...
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.
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.