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「青楼四季之詠」 春 「丁子屋内 唐うた」
Spring (Warbler and Plum Blossoms): Karauta of the Chôjiya, from the series Songs of the Four Seasons in the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô shiki no uta)
「青楼四季之詠」 春 「丁子屋内 唐うた」
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38 x 25.6 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18054
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Kiyomine ga
清峰画
清峰画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.