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百千鳥 「山雀 紀定丸 鶯 則有遊」
Penduline Tit (Yamagara) and Bush Warbler (Uguisu), from the album Momo chidori kyôka awase (Myriad Birds: A Kyôka Competition)
百千鳥 「山雀 紀定丸 鶯 則有遊」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.6 x 38.1 cm (10 1/16 x 15 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6590
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #475.2
DescriptionVolume 1, picture 2.
Poems by Ki no Sadamaru (for the tit) and Sunawachi Yûyû (for the warbler).
The artist and publisher are identified on the final page of the album, 21.6604a.
The complete, intact album: 2005.119.1-2 and 2008.344.1-2.
Poems by Ki no Sadamaru (for the tit) and Sunawachi Yûyû (for the warbler).
The artist and publisher are identified on the final page of the album, 21.6604a.
The complete, intact album: 2005.119.1-2 and 2008.344.1-2.
Signed
(this page unsigned)
ProvenanceJanuary 1917, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.