No. 23, Snipe, Club-Rush, and Morning Glories (Mashigi, futoi, hirugao), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)
「生写四十八鷹 真しぎ ふとゐ ひる顔 廿三」
Japanese
Edo period
1859 (Ansei 6), 6th month
Artist Nakayama Sûgakudô (Japanese, active 1850–1860), Publisher Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25.1 cm (14 7/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Accession Number
RES.54.188.46
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 11.17458, *11.17459 (deaccessioned in 2012), 20.146, 2016.1265, RES.54.188.46
Signed
Sûgakudô
嵩岳堂
Markings
Censor's seal: Goat 6 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:未六改
彫師:なし
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—MFA Chinese Expedition, 1923-24