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The Excitement of Present-day Flower Viewing (Tôsei hanami no nigiwai)


「当世花見の賑わひ」
Utagawa Yoshimori (Japanese, 1830–1884)
Publisher: Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.4 × 49 cm (13 15/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.34998.110a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom an album of satirical prints, 11.34998.1-112.
Signed Sakurabô Yoshimori giga (on each sheet)
さくら坊芳盛戯画
Marks Censor's seal: Snake 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:巳二改
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: September 29, 2004)

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.