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Fall (Aki), from the series Children's Pleasures of the Four Seasons (Shiki Kodomo asobi)


「四季子供あそび 秋」
Tamagawa Shûchô (Japanese, active about 1790–1803)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793–98 (Kansei 5–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 25.6 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14939
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #83; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #48
Signed Tamagawa Shûchô ga
玉川舟調画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.