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

「四季心女遊　冬」

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; 25.7 x 37.1 cm (10 1/8 x 14 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden

Accession NumberRES.52.81-2

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #198 (complete); Suzuki 1992, #236

DescriptionDiptych (right and center sheets of incomplete triptych): RES.52.81 (left), RES.52.82 (right)

Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
朝櫻楼国芳画

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

Provenance1952, gift of Dr. George S. Amsden (b. 1870 - d. 1966), Acworth, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1952)