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百千鳥 「鶏 宿屋飯盛 頬白 芦辺田鶴丸」
Chickens (Niwatori) and Bunting (Hôjiro), from the album Momo chidori kyôka awase (Myriad Birds: A Kyôka Competition)
百千鳥 「鶏 宿屋飯盛 頬白 芦辺田鶴丸」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.6 x 39.1 cm (10 1/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6596
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #475.8
DescriptionVolume 1, picture 8.
Poems by Yadoya no Meshimori (for the chickens) and Ashibeta Tazumaru (for the bunting).
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 Yadoya no Meshimori (for the chickens) and Ashibeta Tazumaru (for the bunting).
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.