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「美盾十二支 丑」 さくら丸
Ox (Ushi): Sakuramaru, from the series Selection for the Twelve Signs (Mitate jûnishi)
「美盾十二支 丑」 さくら丸
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.3 × 24.8 cm (14 5/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.543.58
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S38.2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.543.58, 11.36616
Poem by Umeya.
Poem by Umeya.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村
彫師：なし
ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 13, 2009)