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不忍池虫売
Vendor of Singing Insects at Shinobazu Pond
不忍池虫売
Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Japanese
Edo period
late 1780s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 25.7 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith's Group
Accession Number50.3594
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 13 (1991), Chester Beatty pl. 57 (complete diptych); TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #1729
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.
Signed
Yûshidô Shunchô ga
雄芝堂春潮画
雄芝堂春潮画
Marks
Artist's seal: Shunchô
ProvenanceBy 1950, Oriental Art Gallery, New York; 1950, sold by Oriental Art Gallery to the MFA for $100. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)