Advanced Search 
浅草奥山四季花園真景
True View (Shinkei), from the triptych series Flower Garden of the Four Seasons in the Inner Precincts at Asakusa (Asakusa okuyama shiki hanazono)
浅草奥山四季花園真景
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.3 x 51.6 cm (14 11/16 x 20 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.762, 00.764
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://www.ndl.go.jp/landmarks/sights/asakusaokuyama/; Tôshûsai sale cat. no. 23 (7/2011), #174 (complete triptych)
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 00.762 (left), 00.764 (right)
The title is on the right sheet, missing from the MFA collection; the complete triptych is in, e.g., the National Diet Library.
The title is on the right sheet, missing from the MFA collection; the complete triptych is in, e.g., the National Diet Library.
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：彫庄治
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：彫庄治
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)