Children at Play: Games of the Four Seasons (Kodomo asobi shiki no tawamure)
「子供遊 四季の戯」
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
1873 (Meiji 6), September
Artist Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915), Publisher Kiya Sakutarô (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 4 (1936), p. 36
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36 x 50 cm (14 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Accession Number
11.42041a-b
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 11.42041a-b, 11.42042a-b
According to Asai 1936 (color insert before p. 1), Nikutei Karyô was a pseudonym of Kiyochika.
Signed
Nikutei Karyô ga
肉亭夏良画
Markings
Censor's seal: Chicken 9
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Chika
改印：酉九
彫師：なし
Provenance
By 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection