Rice Cultivation in the Four Seasons: Spring and Summer
painter
Unknown
Dateabout 1600
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper
Dimensions171.4 x 381 cm (67 1/2 x 150 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP29w8.2
eMuseum ID727865
Previous NumberC49
Previous NumberP29w8.b
Previous NumberNo. 63b
EmbARK ObjectID19380
TMS Source ID6774
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 5. (as by Motonobu, 1550-1620)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), p. 136 (under "Objects Not Catalogued").
Victoria Weston. East Meets West: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Okakura Kakuzo. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum V. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 4, 43 illl, 39-40 n. 71, 51-57 ill., 63 n. 9-11.
John M. Rosenfield. "Japanese Painting Workshops and the Gardner Museum Collections." Competition and Collaboration: Hereditary Schools in Japanese Culture. Fenway Court, vol. 24 (Boston, 1993), pp. 10-13 fig. 3.
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), pp. 175 ill, 184-85 ill.
Alan Chong. "Introduction: Journeys East" in Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), p. 50 n. 141.
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), p. 136 (under "Objects Not Catalogued").
Victoria Weston. East Meets West: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Okakura Kakuzo. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum V. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 4, 43 illl, 39-40 n. 71, 51-57 ill., 63 n. 9-11.
John M. Rosenfield. "Japanese Painting Workshops and the Gardner Museum Collections." Competition and Collaboration: Hereditary Schools in Japanese Culture. Fenway Court, vol. 24 (Boston, 1993), pp. 10-13 fig. 3.
Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), pp. 175 ill, 184-85 ill.
Alan Chong. "Introduction: Journeys East" in Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), p. 50 n. 141.
MarksNotesSeal (upper right): Kano Motonobu [probably spurious]
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1902.
