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The Reed Cutter (Ashikari), from the series A Program of Nô Plays (Utai bangumi)


「謡番組 芦刈」
Kôsetsu (Japanese, active 1820s)
Japanese
Edo period
1823 (Bunsei 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.4 x 18.2 cm (8 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Louis W. Black
Accession NumberRES.51.27
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #229
DescriptionPoems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 1, p. 261.
Signed Kôsetsu
香雪
InscriptionsPoem by Chikushien Itoyori: Ashikari ni/ furuba wa karite/ atatashiki/ e no mizuguki ni/ medatsu haru kana
Poem by Kyôkadô Magao: Naniwame ga/ kazasu sodegasa/ omoki made/ ashi no howata ni/ shimuru ume ga ka
Provenance1951, gift of Louis W. Black to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 11, 1951)