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浅草奥山四季花園観梅遠景
Panoramic View of Plum-blosson Viewing (Kanbai enkei), from the triptych series Flower Garden of the Four Seasons in the Inner Precincts at Asakusa (Asakusa okuyama shiki hanazono)
浅草奥山四季花園観梅遠景
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Other artist: Utagawa Kuniteru II (Kunitsuna II) (Japanese, 1830–1874)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 x 50.7 cm (14 3/4 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.763, 00.765
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
http://www.ndl.go.jp/landmarks/sights/asakusaokuyama/ ; POLA Research Inst., Edo bijin no yosooi (2018), pp. 94-7
DescriptionDiptych: 00.763 (left), 00.765 (right)
The ttile is on the left sheet, missing from the MFA collection; the complete triptych is in, e.g., the National Diet Library.
The ttile is on the left 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); Monjin Kunitsuna ...
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)