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No. 18, White Swallow and Willow Rose (Shiratsubame, yanagibara), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)


「生写四十八鷹 白つばめ 柳ばら 十八」
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 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number20.152
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.17448 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17449 (deaccessioned in 2012), 20.152, 2016.1260, RES.54.188.41
Signed Sûgakudô shujin
嵩岳堂主人
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)