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Woman and Ox Resting by Flowering Plum Tree

Woman and Ox Resting by Flowering Plum Tree

梅の下に牛と女

Hakuhô Ekigi (Japanese, active late 18th century)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Kokonotsugiri; 13.9 x 18.4 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession Number53.2662

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ekigi ga
易祇画

InscriptionsPoems

ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; 1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)