Lion, Peonies, and Butterfly, from a bird-and-flower series with the title Kashinsai (?) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Lion, Peonies, and Butterfly, from a bird-and-flower series with the title Kashinsai (?)

Lion, Peonies, and Butterfly, from a bird-and-flower series with the title Kashinsai (?)

「夏伸細」ヵ　牡丹に獅子と蝶々

Attributed to: Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?–1756)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1730 (Kyôhô 15)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa

Dimensions Hosoban; 32.3 x 15.6 cm (12 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.2088

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Paine, Oriental Art NS, v. IX, no. 1 (1963), fig. 20

DescriptionThe MFA has four prints with this mysterious series title: 06.713 (signature of Shigenaga, publisher Igaya), 06.1219 (unsigned, publisher Murataya; appears to be a copy or forgery of 06.713), 11.2088 (no signature or publisher's mark), and 21.5878 (signature of Shigenaga, publisher Igaya). The meaning of the title (literally "summer + extend + details") is unclear.

Signed Unsigned
無款