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Cormorants and Seagulls, from the series The Tosa Diary for Shôfûdai, Hisakataya and Bunbunsha (Shôfûdai Hisakataya Bunbunsha Tosa nikki)


「松風台 久型屋 文々舎 土佐日記 いましかもめむれゐ遊ふ所あり」
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
late 1810s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 21.1 x 18.6 cm (8 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6193
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mirviss w/ Carpenter, Jewels of Japanese Printmaking (2000), #85; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 409; another in this series: Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, #325
Signed Shô sei
InscriptionsPoem by Amanoya Wakashiba (or Amanoya Jakushi?): Asobiiru/ unonotoka naru/ haru no hi ni/ umekakamome no/ niou nami no ue
遊ひゐる うののとかなる 春の日に 梅かかもめの 匂う波の飢え  天の屋若芝