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中判花鳥 「芍薬 カナアリ」
Peonies and Canary (Shakuyaku, kanaari), from an untitled series known as Small Flowers
中判花鳥 「芍薬 カナアリ」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26 x 19.2cm (10 1/4 x 7 9/16in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10228
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #90; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #368; San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #95; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #22.09
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20400, 21.10228
Poem translated in San Francisco 1998, p. 148; and in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 173.
Poem translated in San Francisco 1998, p. 148; and in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 173.
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 Wang Shiming (1112-1171)
「千葉揚州種 春深覇衆芳 王十明」
「千葉揚州種 春深覇衆芳 王十明」
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.