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蒲公英に蝶々
Dandelions and Butterflies
蒲公英に蝶々
Tani Bunchô (Japanese, 1763–1840)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.7 x 18.4 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9299
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ohki w/ Haliburton, Private World of Surimono (2020), checklist #68 (different edition); Ukiyo-e geijutsu 160 (2010), cover (diff. ed); Christie's Sale Catalogue #7576 (October 23, 1992), lot #72 (diff. ed.); Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 3
DescriptionTranslation of poem in Polster & Marks 1980, p. 1 (but artist is incorrectly identified as Ippitsusai Bunchô).
Signed
Bunchô
InscriptionsPoem by Jujusai Shinchô: Tanpopo to/ tsutsumi o ute wa/ omoshiro ya/ hane ... ga sashite/ asobu chôchô
ProvenanceBetween 1906 and 1909, acquired by Mr. and Mrs. John Osgood (Elizabeth Cameron) Blanchard in Japan; April 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Blanchard sale, American Art Galleries, New York; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.