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The Four Seasons in the South: A Summer Scene (Minami shiki natsu [no] kei)


「南四季夏景」
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban, center sheet of triptych; 38 x 25.9 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6959
NOT ON VIEW
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
DescriptionTriptych: 21.6958-60 (no VR)

MFA impressions: 11.13564 (R only), 11.19609 (C only), 21.6958 (L), 21.6959 (C), 21.6960 (R)
Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.