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Bats and Moon, Dragon in Clouds, Calligraphy (harimaze)


月に蝙蝠、雲竜、書 (張交)
Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban (harimaze); 34.5 x 24.4 cm (13 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1354
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionA sheet of three designs: calligraphy (right); bats and moon (top left); dragon in clouds (bottom left).

MFA impressions: 06.1354 (uncut sheet, margins cut off), 11.17561 (uncut sheet, calligraphy panel different, pub. Ezakiya Tatsuzô), 21.9247 (bats only)
Signed Taito (on bats), Tôyô Taito (on dragon)
戴斗 東陽戴斗
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross