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Ôtsu-e: Monkey Catching a Catfish with a Gourd

Ôtsu-e: Monkey Catching a Catfish with a Gourd

Hyotan saru ni namazu
瓢箪猿に鯰

Artist unknown, Japanese

Japanese

Edo period

19th century

Medium/Technique One of a pair of matted paintings; ink and color on paper

Dimensions Image: 28.9 x 19.5 cm (11 3/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Accession Number48.29

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 511(2)

ProvenanceBy 1948, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA; 1948, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: January 8, 1948)