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Puppy Playing with a Ball

子犬と手鞠

Yanagawa Shigenobu I (Japanese, 1787–1832)

Japanese

Edo period

1826 (Bunsei 9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.7 x 18.5 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9257

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Keyes, Surimono (Spencer Museum cat., 1984), cat. no. 169, pl. 45

DescriptionPoem translated in Keyes 1984, p. 112.

Signed (seal only)

Marks Artist's seal: Yanagawa

InscriptionsPoem by Tora no Takeki: Tako o age/ mari o tsuku tote/ soto e ite/ kodomo wa uchi ni/ inu no hatsuharu

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.