Setsubun Decorations with Holly Leaves and Sardine Head (Hiiragi iwashi), from the series The Tosa Diary for Shôfûdai, Hisakataya and Bunbunsha (Shôfûdai Hisakataya Bunbunsha Tosa nikki) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Setsubun Decorations with Holly Leaves and Sardine Head (Hiiragi iwashi), from the series The Tosa Diary for Shôfûdai, Hisakataya and Bunbunsha (Shôfûdai Hisakataya Bunbunsha Tosa nikki)

Setsubun Decorations with Holly Leaves and Sardine Head (Hiiragi iwashi), 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」　柊鰯

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)

Japanese

Edo period

1810s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Shikishiban; 20 x 17.5 cm (7 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6198

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Another print in this series: Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, #325

Signed Shô sei

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.