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) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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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)

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)

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; 39 × 27.1 cm (15 3/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3215.16

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G371-01 (no photo)

DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych; title on right sheet.

MFA impressions: 11.38765a-c (complete triptych), 17.3215.16 (center sheet only)

Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
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