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撫子に蝶
Pinks and Butterfly
撫子に蝶
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Kotanzaku; 35.8 x 7.7 cm (14 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8496
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #141 (Yamashiroya edition); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 162 (Yamashiroya edition)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19977 (no publisher's mark), 21.8496 (Aritaya edition), 21.8497 (Yamashiroya edition)
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem: Nadeshiko no/ haru kashikosa ni/ utsukushiki
撫子の 春かしこさに 美くしき
撫子の 春かしこさに 美くしき
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.