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Turtles and Sake Cup

Turtles and Sake Cup

杯に亀

Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Kokonotsugiri; 13.5 x 17.8 cm (5 5/16 x 7 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9289

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 47 (this impression)

DescriptionPoem translated in Polster & Marks 1980), p. 45.

Signed Eizan
英山

InscriptionsPoem by Unsui Yamabito

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.