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Spring Scenery at Sunamura (Sunamura no shunshoku), from an untitled posthumous series


清親風景真画 「砂村之春色」
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)
Japanese
Shôwa-era edition of Meiji-era design
1929 (Shôwa 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 27 × 40.3 cm (10 5/8 × 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number53.183
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Smith, Kiyochika (exh. cat., Santa Barbara, 1988), p. 116 (this design not illustrated)
DescriptionFrom a set of 26 designs produced in 1929 by the Association for the Distribution of Kiyochika's Genuine Landscapes (Kiyochika fûkei shinga haifukai), organized by Matsuki Heikichi to publish original designs created by Kiyochika before his death in 1915.
The individual titles are on the backs of the prints.
Signed Kiyochika
清親
Marks Artist's seals: Kiyo, Chika
Provenance1953, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 12, 1953)