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)

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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

Asia, Prints and Drawings

Classifications

Prints

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