No. 27, Bluebird and Begonia (Ruribitaki, shûkaidô), from the series Forty-eight Hawks Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi shijûhachi taka)

「生写四十八鷹　るりびたき　秋海棠　廿七」

Nakayama Sûgakudô (Japanese, active 1850–1860)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1859 (Ansei 6), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 × 24.8 cm (14 7/16 × 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.1269

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.17446 (deaccessioned in 2012), 20.435, 2016.1269, RES.54.188.10

Signed Sûgaku
嵩岳

Marks Censor's seal: Goat 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：未十改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)