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中判花鳥 「文鳥 辛夷花」
Java Sparrow on Magnolia (Bunchô, kobushi no hana), from an untitled series known as Small Flowers
中判花鳥 「文鳥 辛夷花」
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 Number21.10220
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #92; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #374; San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #97; UUkiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #22.06
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20436 (2nd ed.), 11.25142 (1st ed.), 21.10220 (1st ed.)
Poem translated in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 176.
Poem translated in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 176.
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 the literati painter Chen Shun (1483-1544)
「東風日夜発 桃李不禁吹 検点濃華事 辛夷落較遅 陳淳」
「東風日夜発 桃李不禁吹 検点濃華事 辛夷落較遅 陳淳」
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.