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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
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.