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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Cranes and Pine Shoots


小松に鶴
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 Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 34.4 x 16.4 cm (13 9/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1216
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), pl. 117 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionFrom a vertical ôban sheet divided vertically into two harimaze panels: the cranes to the right, and calligraphy in relief, in the manner of a rubbing, to the left.

MFA impressions: *06.1216 (deaccessioned in 2019), 06.1760, 11.1861
Signed Taito
戴斗
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross