No. 21, White-Headed Starling, Pomegranate, and Rose Balsam (Hakutô-ô, zakuro, fûsenka), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)

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No. 21, White-Headed Starling, Pomegranate, and Rose Balsam (Hakutô-ô, zakuro, fûsenka), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)

「生写四十八鷹　白頭翁　ざくろ　風仙花　廿一」

Nakayama Sûgakudô (Japanese, active 1850–1860)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 6th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.151

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #386

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.17482 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17483 (deaccessioned in 2012), 20.151, 2016.1263, RES.54.188.44

Signed Sûgakudô
嵩岳堂

Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし

ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1920)