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Board Games (Ki), from an untitled series of the Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga)


琴棋書画 「棋」
Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1772–75 (early An'ei era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ô-ôban; 47.4 x 36 cm (18 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6236
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 10, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, I (1988), pl. 101; the series: Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 7 (1980), #85 (this design not illustrated, said to be unknown); Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #s 53, 230 (this design not illustrated)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21212, 21.6236
Signed Utagawa Toyoharu ga
歌川豊春画
ProvenanceJanuary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.