Sparrow Hawk (Yôkin) and Camellia, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)

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Sparrow Hawk (Yôkin) and Camellia, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)

海舶来禽図彙　「鷂禽」

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai) (Japanese, 1764–1824)

Japanese

Edo period

1790s

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.8 x 36.7 cm (9 x 14 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5794

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #23 (first edition?); Keyes, The Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat.), vol. 2 (1985), p. 434, #15 (first edition)

DescriptionLater edition, with added signatures and seals, of designes 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, 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from L. E. Charnley; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.