Summer (Natsu), from the series Pleasures of Women at the Height of the Four Seasons (Shiki-gokoro onna asobi)

「四季心女遊　夏」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1844–47 (Kôka 1–4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 25.4 x 37.7 cm (10 x 14 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent

Accession Number49.1252-3

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Suzuki 1992, #234

DescriptionDiptych (right and center sheets of incomplete triptych): 49.1252 (left), 49.1253 (right)

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (R), Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (L)
一勇斎国芳画　朝櫻楼国芳画

Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし

Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.