The Four Seasons in the South: A Summer Scene (Minami shiki natsu [no] kei)

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The Four Seasons in the South: A Summer Scene (Minami shiki natsu [no] kei)

「南四季夏景」

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban, left sheet of triptych; 37.2 x 26.3 cm (14 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6958

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #69; Rijksmuseum cat. II (The Age of Utamaro, 1979), #131; Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #s 67-9

DescriptionTriptych: 21.6958-60 (no VR)

MFA impressions: 11.13564 (R only), 11.19609 (C only), 21.6958 (L), 21.6959 (C), 21.6960 (R)

Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画

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.