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「風流花之香遊 上 高輪の季夏」
Late Summer at Takanawa, Right (Takanawa no kika, jô), from the series Elegant Pleasures: The Scent of Flowers (Fûryû hana no ka asobi)
「風流花之香遊 上 高輪の季夏」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1783 (Tenmei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39 x 26.3 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14399
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #24; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #5; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 7.2.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #39; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #339
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych.
MFA impressions: 11.14399, 11.14414
MFA impressions: 11.14399, 11.14414
Signed
(Utamaro ga, on left sheet)
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.
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.