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蝶 （張交）
Butterflies, in stone-rubbing style, cut from an untitled harimaze sheet
蝶 （張交）
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e, in style of ishizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
Harimaze, cut from ôban sheet; 22.4 x 7 cm (8 13/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8782
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom a sheet of four pictures in stone-rubbing (ishizuri) style by Hiroshige I and Shigenobu (Hiroshige II).
MFA impressions: 15.164 (uncut sheet), 21.8782 (butterflies, by Hiroshige I, top left), 21.8783 (winterberry and dried fish, by Shigenobu, bottom left)
MFA impressions: 15.164 (uncut sheet), 21.8782 (butterflies, by Hiroshige I, top left), 21.8783 (winterberry and dried fish, by Shigenobu, bottom left)
Signed
Hiroshige
広重
広重
Marks
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai