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海舶来禽図彙 「黄?」
Yellow Warbler and Peony, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)
海舶来禽図彙 「黄?」
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai) (Japanese, 1764–1824)
Japanese
Edo period
1790s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 23 x 36.7 cm (9 1/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1161
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom a later edition, with added signatures and seals, of designs from an album first published in 1789 and reprinted in 1793.
The intact book: 53.453
The intact book: 53.453
Signed
Keisai sha
Marks
Artist's seal: Kitao Masayoshi
Provenance1900, purchased by Denman Waldo Ross from Yamanaka & Co., New York; 1906 gift of Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, Massachusetts to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)