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Butterfly and Canola Flower (Na no hana ni chô), from the series Collection of Fashionable Pairings, New Edition for the Year of the Rabbit (Fûryû aioi zukushi, U no haru shinpan)


「風流相生尽 卯春新板 菜の花に蝶」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Painted by: Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1831 (Tenpô 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 24.1 cm (14 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Thorvald S. Ross
Accession NumberRES.52.59
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-75
DescriptionThe series was first published in the 1820s and reprinted by the same publisher in 1831, with an expanded series title.
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極