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中判花鳥 「翡翠 鳶尾草 瞿麦」
Kingfisher with Iris and Wild Pinks (Kawasemi, shaga, nadeshiko), from an untitled series known as Small Flowers
中判花鳥 「翡翠 鳶尾草 瞿麦」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.8 x 18.7 cm (10 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10221
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #97; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #371; San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #96; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #22.01
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21696, 21.10221
Poem translated in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 181.
Poem translated in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 181.
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 Cai Yong (132-192)
「回顧生碧色 動揺揚縹青 蔡邕」
「回顧生碧色 動揺揚縹青 蔡邕」
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.