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「古今書画鏡」 桜に文鳥 「熊谷蓮生坊真跡」 朝顔に蜂蜜
Finches on a Cherry Branch, Rubbing of Calligraphy of Kumagai Naozane (Kumagai Renshôbô shinseki), and Morning Glories and Bee, from the series Mirror of Calligraphy and Paintings, Old and New (Kokon shoga kagami)
「古今書画鏡」 桜に文鳥 「熊谷蓮生坊真跡」 朝顔に蜂蜜
Katsushika Taito II (Japanese, active about 1810–1853)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Harimaze; three kotanzaku on uncut vertical ôban sheet; 37.5 x 25.8 cm (14 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number47.17
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), pl. 148 (right design only); RISD #39
Signed
Katsushika Taito (on finches), Hôriki (on calligraphy), Beika (on morning glories)
葛飾戴斗
葛飾戴斗
Marks
No censor's seal
Artist's seal: Bunryûsai (on finches)
Artist's seal: Bunryûsai (on finches)
Provenance1947, gift of Lucy Truman Aldrich (b. 1869 - d. 1955), Providence, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 9, 1947)