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The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from the series Twelve Months of Popular Customs (Fûzoku jûni kô)


「風俗十二候 四月」 (校合摺)
Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.3 x 19.6 cm (10 3/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19332
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Shunchô ga
春潮画
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.