Morning Glories, from the series Flower Gardens in the Four Seasons (Shiki no hanazono) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Morning Glories, from the series Flower Gardens in the Four Seasons (Shiki no hanazono)

Morning Glories, from the series Flower Gardens in the Four Seasons (Shiki no hanazono)

「四季の花園」　朝顔

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.5 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1178

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #27.2

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)