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四季風俗図巻
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Genre Scenes in the Four Seasons
四季風俗図巻
Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671–1750)
Japanese
Edo period
about Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Medium/Technique
Handscroll; ink, color, and silver on paper
Dimensions
Image: 32.6 × 545.1 cm (12 13/16 × 214 5/8 in.)
Mounted: 34.2 × 632 cm (13 1/2 × 248 13/16 in.)
Overall: 36.7 × 632 × 245.2 cm (14 7/16 × 248 13/16 × 96 9/16 in.)
Mounted: 34.2 × 632 cm (13 1/2 × 248 13/16 in.)
Overall: 36.7 × 632 × 245.2 cm (14 7/16 × 248 13/16 × 96 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.7794
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings
Catalogue Raisonné
Drama and Desire (2007), cat. no. 18; Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 172; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #80
Signed
Nishikawa Ukyo Sukenobu kore o egaku
Marks
Artist's seals: Nishikawa shi; Sukenobu kore-o zu (su)
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.