Fireflies (Hotaru), from the book Ehon makuzugahara, vol. 3

絵本真葛原　「十五番　左勝　蛍」

Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671–1750)
Publisher: Kikuya Kihei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1759

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper

Dimensions Two chûbon pages; 18.3 x 27.5 cm (7 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

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

Accession NumberRES.53.224

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p.143

Signed (this picture unsigned)
無款

Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)