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桜に猿
Pet Monkey and Cherry Blossoms
桜に猿
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 37 x 16.7 cm (14 9/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7896
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #122; Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #194; Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #1; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #3.4
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7896, 21.7897, 55.72
The Chinese couplet is from a poem by Ki no Haseo in Wakan rôeishû, translated in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 316.
The Chinese couplet is from a poem by Ki no Haseo in Wakan rôeishû, translated in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 316.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsChinese poem
人煙一穏秋村僻 猿叫三聱暁峡深
人煙一穏秋村僻 猿叫三聱暁峡深
ProvenanceAcquired by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.