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

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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; 33.5 x 22.3 cm (13 3/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.435

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

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 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: April 1, 1920)