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Flying Cranes, by Six Artists


空飛ぶ鶴
Seki Suigaku
Makino Sessen (Japanese, 1820–1904)
Ônishi Chinnen (Japanese, 1792–1851)
Yamada Hôgyoku (Japanese, active 1820s–1840s)
Kita Busei (Japanese,1776–1856)
Harada Keigaku (Japanese, active about 1850–1860)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
Accession Number2006.1588.3.6
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20458, 2006.1588.3.6

From the album 2006.1588.3.1-.10 (one of a set of five albums, 2006.1588.1-5).
The album has a title slip reading Ehon Yamato nishiki, shohen, ge (Picture book of Japanese brocade prints, vol. 1, part 3).

A collaborative work by six artists.
Top right: Ônishi Chinnen
Bottom right: Yamada Hôgyoku
Bottom left: Harada Keigaku
"Sessen," top center, may be Tomita Keisen (1879-1936).
Signed Clockwise from upper left: Suigaku, Sessen, Chinnen, Hôgyokuu, Busei, Keigak
翠岳、雪僊、椿年、抱玉、武清、圭岳