Snake, from the series Fashionable Children for the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Fûryû kodomo jûnishi) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Snake, from the series Fashionable Children for the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Fûryû kodomo jûnishi)

Snake, from the series Fashionable Children for the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Fûryû kodomo jûnishi)

「風流子児十二支」　巳

Isoda Koryûsai (Japanese, 1735–1790)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1773 (An'ei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 27.1 x 19.6 cm (10 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8275

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hockley 2003, p. 208, #G-12-6

Signed Koryûsai ga
湖龍斎画

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.