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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; 37.8 x 52.2 cm (14 7/8 x 20 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14390, 11.21175,
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: 11.14390 (right), 11.21175 (left)
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
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.