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Emu of the Matsuya in Cormorant Fishing (Ukai), from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi Quarter (Shimanouchi nerimono)


「嶋ノ内ねり物 鵜飼 まつ屋 ゑむ」
Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanese, active about 1824–1837, died 1837)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 25.4 cm (14 5/16 x 10 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.824.10
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 125; Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #321; Schwaab, Osaka Prints (1989), #265; Keyes, PMA cat. (1973), #182 (no photo)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.824.10, 11.38790, *11.38791 (deaccessioned in 2019)

From a collective series by Hokuei, Hokuju, Sadahiro, Sadanobu, and Shigeharu.
Signed Sekkarô Hokuei ga
雪花楼北英画
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross