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臼にのる鶏
Rooster Perched on Mortar
臼にのる鶏
Japanese
Edo period
about 1720–36 (mid to late Kyôhô era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 32.6 x 15.2 cm (12 13/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession NumberRES.54.56
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 12, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Berlin (1988), pl. 35; Paine, Oriental Art NS, v. IX, no. 1 (1963), fig. 9; Gunsaulus, AIC cat. I (1955), p. 149, #71
Signed
Nihon gakô Okumura Masanobu shôhitsu
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)