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海舶来禽図彙 「白頭翁」
Gray Starling (Hakutō-ō) in Loquat Tree, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (Illustrated Catalogue of Birds from Overseas)
海舶来禽図彙 「白頭翁」
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai) (Japanese, 1764–1824)
Japanese
Edo period
1790s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ōban; 26.3 x 38.2 cm (10 3/8 x 15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5787
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #26 (first edition?) and #230 (this edition); Hillier, Art of the Japanese Book (1987), vol. 1, pp. 469-73; Keyes, The Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat.), vol. 2 (1985), p. 433, #13 (first edition)
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1160 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.5787
Later edition, with added signatures and seals, of designs from an album first published in 1789 and reprinted in 1793.
The intact book: 53.453
Later edition, with added signatures and seals, of designs from an album first published in 1789 and reprinted in 1793.
The intact book: 53.453
Signed
Keisai sha
Marks
Artist's seal: Kitao Masayoshi
ProvenanceJune 23, 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Sotheby's; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.