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雪中臼ころがし
Rolling a Mortar across the Snow
雪中臼ころがし
Taigaku (Japanese, active about 1810–1844)
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; 16.6 x 23.9 cm (6 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.812
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musée Guimet II (1990), fig. 97; Genshoku Ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 2 (1982), #323 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.812, 21.1025
From a sheet of three designs: calligraphy (upper right); bat and moon (upper left); rolling a mortar in snow (bottom).
From a sheet of three designs: calligraphy (upper right); bat and moon (upper left); rolling a mortar in snow (bottom).
Signed
Taigaku
戴岳
戴岳
Marks
Artist's seal: Manji
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross