Catching Fireflies in the Cool of the Evening (Nôryô hotaru) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Catching Fireflies in the Cool of the Evening (Nôryô hotaru)

Catching Fireflies in the Cool of the Evening (Nôryô hotaru)

「納涼蛍」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1080

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionProbably the right sheet of an incomplete triptych.

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)