Tachibana no Hayanari, from the series The Four Friends of the Writing Desk in the Year of the Water Goat (Mizunoto hitsuji bunbô shiyû) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Tachibana no Hayanari, from the series The Four Friends of the Writing Desk in the Year of the Water Goat (Mizunoto hitsuji bunbô shiyû)

Tachibana no Hayanari, from the series The Four Friends of the Writing Desk in the Year of the Water Goat (Mizunoto hitsuji bunbô shiyû)

「癸未　文房四友　橘逸勢」

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)

Japanese

Edo period

1823 (Bunsei 6)

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

Dimensions Shikishiban; 21 x 18.7 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9269

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Aoigaoka Hokkei
葵岡北渓

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.