No. 17, Heron and Iris (Sagi hanashôbu), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)

「生写四十八鷹　鷺　はな菖蒲　十七」

Nakayama Sûgakudô (Japanese, active 1850–1860)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 × 24.8 cm (14 7/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.1259

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.17472 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17473 (deaccessioned in 2012), 2016.1259, RES.54.188.40

Signed Sûgakudô
嵩岳堂

Marks Censor's seal: Goat 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未六改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)