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

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

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

「四季の花園」　牡丹

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; 37.4 x 25.4 cm (14 11/16 x 10 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1179

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 252, ôban #27.7

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)