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「四季遊花之色香 上・下」
Pleasures of the Four Seasons: Colors and Scents of Flowers, right, left (Shiki asobi hana no iroka, jô ge)
「四季遊花之色香 上・下」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1783 (Tenmei 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 x 50.9 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7439-40
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #40; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #23; Jenkins et al, The Floating World Revisited (1993), #I-8; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #3.1-2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 7.1.1-2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #40
DescriptionDiptych: 21.7439 (left), 21.7440 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.14390VR (11.14390, 11.21175), 21.7439-40
MFA impressions: 11.14390VR (11.14390, 11.21175), 21.7439-40
Signed
Utamaro ga (on each sheet)
歌麿画
歌麿画
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 558); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.