Gathering Spring Flowers by the Pond of the Twelve Kumano Shrines at Tsunohazu

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Gathering Spring Flowers by the Pond of the Twelve Kumano Shrines at Tsunohazu

角筈熊野十二社

Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Publisher: Fushimiya Zenroku (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1785–89 (late Tenmei era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.5 x 76 cm (15 3/16 x 29 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7515-7

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 6, Musee Guimet I (1990), pl. 147 (right and center sheets only); Hillier, Vever cat. 2 (1976), #518 (complete); Ukiyo-e taisei 6 (1931), #212 (right sheet only)

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7515 (left), 21.7516 (center), 21.7517 (right)

MFA impressions: 21.5932 (center sheet only, no publisher's mark, kiwame seal), 21.7515-7 (complete triptych, mark of Fushimiya, no censor's seal)

Signed Shunchô ga (on each sheet)
春潮画

Marks Artist's seal: Chûrin

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.