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Crawling (Hofuku; "Ho Huku"), from the series Eastern Customs: Enumerated Blessings (Azuma fûzoku, fuku-zukushi)


「東風俗 福つくし Ho Huku 匍匐(ほふく)」
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu) (Japanese, 1838–1912)
Publisher: Takekawa Unokichi (Unosuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1889–90 (Meiji 22–23)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 × 25.1 cm (14 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.1455
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Coats, Chikanobu (2006), pls. 161-5 (this design not illustrated)
DescriptionDate not filled in.
Signed Yôshû Chikanobu hitsu
楊洲周延筆
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)