No. 40, Green Linnet and Gardenia (Kawarahiwa, kuchinashi), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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No. 40, Green Linnet and Gardenia (Kawarahiwa, kuchinashi), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)

No. 40, Green Linnet and Gardenia (Kawarahiwa, kuchinashi), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)

「生写四十八鷹　かはらひは　くちなし　四十」

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

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 11th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.5 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.161

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 20.161, 2016.1282, RES.54.188.23

Signed Sûgaku
嵩岳

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)