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絵本四季花 上 花火遊び
Lighting Fireworks, from Vol. 1 of the book Ehon shiki no hana (Flowers of the Four Seasons)
絵本四季花 上 花火遊び
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two pages; 17 x 24.9 cm (6 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number47.14
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #484.6 (bw photo in text vol.)
DescriptionMFA impressions:
intact book: 2011.802 (vol. 1 only), 2011.804 (complete)
pictures cut out and mounted in two-page spreads, with margins cut off: 47.3 to 47.14
intact book: 2011.802 (vol. 1 only), 2011.804 (complete)
pictures cut out and mounted in two-page spreads, with margins cut off: 47.3 to 47.14
Signed
(On final page of Vol. 2: Gakô Kitagawa Utamaro)
Provenance1947, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA. (Accession date: January 9, 1947)