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お正月に奉納のぼり （絵暦）
Man, Woman, and Child Preparing a Votive Banner at New Year; Calendar for 1804
お正月に奉納のぼり （絵暦）
Attributed to: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Kokonotsugiri; 13 x 18.1 cm (5 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number53.2673
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe date is written along the right edge of the banner, which also contains calendrical information that is dificult to decipher; it may be scrambled versions of the numbers for the long months for 1804, namely 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
Seal (of calligrapher?): rat shape
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)