Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa: July 2009–June 2010
Shiki nishiki (Brocade of the Four Seasons)
1903 (Meiji 36)
Artist Tamamura Shimohiro
Overall: 25.5 x 36.8 cm (10 1/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Woodblock printed book; ink and color with metallic pigments on paper
Classification: Illustrated books
Culture: Japanese
Period: Meiji era
Accession number: 2009.4963
Provenance/Ownership History: July 2009, sold by private collection, Kyoto, Japan to Boston Book Company, Boston; 2009, sold by Boston Book Company to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 21, 2009)
Charles Bain Hoyt Fund