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百千鳥 「山鳥 最中月麿 鶺鴒 万徳斎」
Copper Pheasants (Yamadori) and Wagtail (Sekirei), from the album Momo chidori kyôka awase (Myriad Birds: A Kyôka Competition)
百千鳥 「山鳥 最中月麿 鶺鴒 万徳斎」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.7 x 38 cm (10 1/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6599
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #475.6
DescriptionVolume 1, picture 6.
Poems by Monaka no Tsukimaro (for the pheasants) and Mantokusai (for the wagtail).
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 Monaka no Tsukimaro (for the pheasants) and Mantokusai (for the wagtail).
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.