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中判花鳥 「藤 鶺鴒」
Wisteria and Wagtail (Fuji, sekirei), from an untitled series known as Small Flowers
中判花鳥 「藤 鶺鴒」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 18.7 cm (10 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10219
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #93; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #375; Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #130; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #22.03
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20404 (no seals; 3rd edition?), 21.10219 (1st edition)
Poem translated in Yonemura et al. 2002, p. 314; and in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 177.
Poem translated in Yonemura et al. 2002, p. 314; and in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 177.
Signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
前北斎為一筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsChinese poem by Qian Qi (about 722-780) 錢起
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.