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中判花鳥 「鷽（うそ） 垂桜（しだれざくら）」
Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry (Uso, shidarezakura), from an untitled series known as Small Flowers
中判花鳥 「鷽（うそ） 垂桜（しだれざくら）」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.5 x 18.7 cm (10 1/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #91; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #367; San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #93; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #22.04
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.23022, 21.10229
Poem translated in San Francisco 1998, p. 146; and in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 174.
Poem translated in San Francisco 1998, p. 146; and in Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave (2017), p. 174.
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 the shamisen master Sugano Joyu II (1784-1841), poetry name Senraian Setsuman: Tori hitotsu/ nurete dekeri/ asa sakura
「鳥ひとつ 濡て出けり 朝さくら 雪万」（千来庵雪万＝二代目菅野序遊）
「鳥ひとつ 濡て出けり 朝さくら 雪万」（千来庵雪万＝二代目菅野序遊）
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.