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Wasp and Hanging Globe with Goldfish


金魚に蜂
Watanabe Kazan (Japanese, 1793–1842)
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 Number2006.1588.4.8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.45881.4 (unsigned), 2006.1588.4.8 (signature on left), 2011.892.7 (signature on right), 2011.1045.4.7 (signature on right)

From the album 2006.1588.4.1-.16 (one of a set of five albums, 2006.1588.1-5).
The album has a title slip reading Ehon Yamato nishiki, nihen, jô (Picture book of Japanese brocade prints, vol. 2, part 1).
Signed Kazan hitsu
崋山筆
Marks Artist's seal