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No. 40, Green Linnet and Gardenia (Kawarahiwa, kuchinashi), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)


「生写四十八鷹 かはらひは くちなし 四十」
Nakayama Sûgakudô (Japanese, active 1850–1860)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 11th 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 Number2016.1282
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 20.161, 2016.1282, RES.54.188.23
Signed Sûgaku
嵩岳
Marks Censor's seal: Goat 11 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未十一改
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)