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Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot on Branch of Chinese Parasol Tree, from a set of reproductions of rubbing prints (taku-hon, ishizuri-e)


花鳥版画(複製) 青桐に砂糖鳥
After: Itô Jakuchû (Japanese, 1716–1800)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design
1897 (Meiji 30)?

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions 27 x 24.2 cm (10 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8212
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The original print: Kyoto Nat. Mus., Jakuchu! (2000), #146-4
DescriptionMargins cut off.

A pencil note on the old mat for 47.49 says that the set of 6 reproductions was published in 1897, but so far no other confirmation of that date has been found.
Signed (seals only)
Marks Artist's seals
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.