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Amusements at the Dry Riverbed, Shijô


The Theater and Entertainment District at Shijô-kawara
Shijô kawara yuraku zu byôbu
四条河原遊楽図屏風
Japanese
Edo period
Kanbun era (1661–73)

Medium/Technique One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold-leafed paper
Dimensions 103.9 x 289.2 cm (40 7/8 x 113 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Fenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession Number11.4592
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), pp. 142-3; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 2(2)
ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum