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A Floating World Flower Raft (Ukiyo hana ikada)


「うきよはないかだ」
Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?–1756)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1720s (Kyôhô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions Hosoban; 30.3 x 15.8 cm (11 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5872
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 41
Signed Yamato gakô Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu
大和画工 西村重長筆
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot 323); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.