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Couple with a Teapot, from the series Fun with Flowers (Hana no ikkyô warai)


「華の一興笑」 男女と土瓶
Attributed to: Chôbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
Attributed to: Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1788 (Tenmei 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22 × 31.8 cm (8 11/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.09.320.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionSet of five woodblock prints mounted together.
Signed Unsigned
無款
ProvenanceBy 1909, sold by an unidentified collector or dealer in Japan to William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1909, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1909)