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百千鳥 「木勉 市仲住 鷽 笹葉鈴成」
Scops Owl (Mimizuku) and Bullfinches (Uso), from the album Momo chidori kyôka awase (Myriad Birds: A Kyôka Competition)
百千鳥 「木勉 市仲住 鷽 笹葉鈴成」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.4 x 38.1 cm (10 x 15 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6600
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #475.9
DescriptionVolume 2, picture 1.
Poems by Ichi no Nakazumi (for the owl) and Sasaha no Suzunari (for the bullfinches).
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 Ichi no Nakazumi (for the owl) and Sasaha no Suzunari (for the bullfinches).
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.