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DEACESSIONED October 25, 2012

No. 27, Bluebird and Begonia (Ruribitaki, shûkaidô), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)


「生写四十八鷹 るりびたき 秋海棠 廿七」
Nakayama Sûgakudô (Japanese, active 1850–1860)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; about 38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17446
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 2 (1982), #293
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.17446 (deaccessioned in 2012), 20.435, 2016.1269, RES.54.188.10
Signed Sûgaku
嵩岳
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未十改
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.