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獅子の児落し
Lion Training Cub
獅子の児落し
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–39 (Tenpô 6–10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 37 x 16.9 cm (14 9/16 x 6 2/3 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number47.19
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Tokita, E de tanoshimu Edo no kotowaza (2005), p. 93; Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #14; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #8.6; Tanba 1965, #88
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7901, 47.19
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem, by Hakuen: Yokkame no/ shishi itai geni/ botan ka na
四日めの 獅子いたいけに 牡丹哉 白猿
四日めの 獅子いたいけに 牡丹哉 白猿
Provenance1947, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA. (Accession date: January 9, 1947)