Picture Book of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) 絵本四季花
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- 繪本四季花
- Title: Picture Book of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) 絵本四季花
- Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: 1801, first month
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Set of two polychrome woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Overall (each volume): 8 1/4 × 5 13/16 in. (20.9 × 14.8 cm)
- Classification: Illustrated Books
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
- Object Number: JIB42a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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