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「花鳥図絵 鉄線花 秋海棠 時鳥」 「花鳥図絵 芍薬に鶸(ひハ)」
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Clematis, Begonia, and Cuckoo (Tessenka, shûkaidô, hototogisu, at right); Cardueline Finch and Peony (Shakuyaku ni hiwa, at left), from the series Pictures of Birds and Flowers (Kachô zue)
「花鳥図絵 鉄線花 秋海棠 時鳥」 「花鳥図絵 芍薬に鶸(ひハ)」
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Or: Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Or: Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
late 19th century
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Two vertical yotsugiri prints on uncut horizontal chûban sheet; 17.6 × 23.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number1997.524.3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionAlbum: 1997.524.1-10, with a printed title slip on the front cover reading Sômoku kachô zue, zen (Pictures of Plants and Trees, Birds and Flowers, Complete).
Keyes notes: A collection of twenty quarter-block prints with printed yellow borders; late impression, printed with aniline pigments. Apparently a fragment of a larger work; five sheets are numbered 52-56 in the lower left margins.
Keyes notes: A collection of twenty quarter-block prints with printed yellow borders; late impression, printed with aniline pigments. Apparently a fragment of a larger work; five sheets are numbered 52-56 in the lower left margins.
Signed
Hiroshige
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ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)