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中判花鳥 「鵤（いかる） 白粉花（おしろいのはな）」
Hawfinch and Marvel-of-Peru (Ikaru, oshiroi no hana), from an untitled series known as Small Flowers
中判花鳥 「鵤（いかる） 白粉花（おしろいのはな）」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 19 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10222
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #96; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #372; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #22.10
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20437 (2nd ed.), 11.23024 (1st ed.), 21.10222 (1st ed.)
Poem translated in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 180.
Poem translated in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 180.
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
InscriptionsHaikai poem by Yôdaijo (“Moon Lady”), dates unknown: Oshiroi no/ hana ya botan no/ ushirogaki
「白粉の 花や牡丹の うしろ垣 瑤台女」
「白粉の 花や牡丹の うしろ垣 瑤台女」
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.