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十二ヶ月 （年中行事の内） 「四月」 ほととぎす
The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from an untitled series of Twelve Months
十二ヶ月 （年中行事の内） 「四月」 ほととぎす
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Half hosoban; 15 x 16.4 cm (5 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.), right frame: 13.7 x 6.7 cm (5 3/8 x 2 5/8 in.), left frame: 9 x 8 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20123
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #102; Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #496; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #259, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 530
DescriptionThe date is given on the twelfth design in the series.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
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.