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「四季之内 夏 松風涼閨中室町（そとすゞしねやのむろまち）」
Summer: The Cool of the Evening in a Bedroom in Muromachi (Natsu, Soto suzushi neya no muromachi), from the series Scenes of the Four Seasons (Shiki keshiki no uchi)
「四季之内 夏 松風涼閨中室町（そとすゞしねやのむろまち）」
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 × 75.3 cm (14 7/16 × 29 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38765a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G371-01 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.38765a-c (complete triptych), 17.3215.16 (center sheet only)
Signed
Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
国貞画(年玉枠）
国貞画(年玉枠）
Marks
Censor's seal: Chicken 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉五改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉五改
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.