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「南四季夏景」
The Four Seasons in the South: A Summer Scene (Minami shiki natsu [no] kei)
「南四季夏景」
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions
Originally vertical ôban, creped; 26.2 x 17.3 cm (10 5/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19609
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #69; Rijksmuseum cat. II (The Age of Utamaro, 1979), #131; Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #s 67-9
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.13564 (R only), 11.19609 (C only), 21.6958 (L), 21.6959 (C), 21.6960 (R)
MFA impressions: 11.13564 (R only), 11.19609 (C only), 21.6958 (L), 21.6959 (C), 21.6960 (R)
Signed
Toyokuni ga
豊国画
豊国画
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.