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Sparrows (Murasuzume) and Pigeons (Hato), from the album Momo chidori kyôka awase (Myriad Birds: A Kyôka Competition)


百千鳥 「むら雀 綾織主 鳩 園胡蝶」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
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 Number21.6601
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #475.12
DescriptionVolume 2, picture 4.
Poems by Aya no Orinushi (for the sparrows) and Sono no Kochô (for the pigeons).
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.