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「群蝶画譜」
Moths and Butterflies, from the series A Picturebook of Butterflies (Gunchô gafu)
「群蝶画譜」
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1810–18 (late Bunka era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20 x 17.8 cm (7 7/8 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6204
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), #47-B; Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #206; Heiteres treiben... (Köln, 1990), #2-3; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 409
DescriptionPoems translated in Ohki w/ Haliburton 2020, pp. 172 and 178.
Signed
Shô Shunman sei
Inscriptions若芝の舞台に蝶も舞んとや 羽をうち合すたんほゝの花 蓬莱亭甲良
みちのくにこかね花さく菜畑を 飛かふ蝶の箔ハ白かね 松重伎
海棠の眠り催す蝶つかひ 霞の屏風立廻しつゝ 三玉亭友得
みちのくにこかね花さく菜畑を 飛かふ蝶の箔ハ白かね 松重伎
海棠の眠り催す蝶つかひ 霞の屏風立廻しつゝ 三玉亭友得
ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.