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「青楼四季十二華形 京街二丁目 大ひしや内三つ花 きくち きくの」
Mitsuhana of the Ôbishiya at Kyômachi Nichôme, kamuro Kikuchi and Kikuno, from the series Twelve Floral Patterns of the Four Seasons in the Pleasure Quarters (Seirô shiki jûni hanagata)
「青楼四季十二華形 京街二丁目 大ひしや内三つ花 きくち きくの」
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1780 (An'ei 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 18.9 cm (10 1/8 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19371
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #164-4 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #203.4; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #262, pl. XXI
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
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.
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.