Pleasures of the Seasons

Provenance

Shigehisa Mori (also S. H. Mori), Chicago; sold to Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 12, 1929.

Exhibition history

Bernd Jesse, "Spring in the City," AIC, March-June 2000

Publications

Helen C. Gunsaulus, "A Painted Scroll of the Early Ukiyo-e School," Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, April, 1930: 44-46. Donald Jenkins, Ukiyo-e Prints and Paintings: The Primitive Period, 1680-1745 [Exh. cat.] (AIC, 1971): pl. 44.

Quick Overview

Artist: Hishikawa Morohira / Japanese, 17th century / (Pupil of Hishikawa Moronobu, (?) -1694)
Date: About 1700
Medium: Handscroll; ink and colors on silk
Dimensions: H.: 46.4 cm (18 1/4 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: handscroll
Place: Japan
Department: Arts of Asia
Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Accession no.: 1929.853

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.