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Rice Stalks and Fireflies (Inabo ni hotaru), from the series Collection of Fashionable Pairings (Fûryû aioi zukushi)


「風流相生つくし 稲ぼに蛍」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1820s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 26 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.534
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-75
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15074 (reprint, 1831), 34.534 (original edition, 1820s)

The series was first published in the 1820s and reprinted by the same publisher in 1831, with an expanded series title.
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)