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梅にふぐ
Plum Blossoms and Blowfish (Fugu)
梅にふぐ
Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868)
Japanese
Edo period
about late 1810s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.7 x 18 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9297
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (Becker coll. exh. ca., 2008), #15
DescriptionPoems translated in McKee 2008, p. 46.
Signed
Gakutei Harunobu
岳亭春信
岳亭春信
InscriptionsPoem by Manmansai Iedaru: Kane yori mo/ na o atatamaru/ fugutojiru/ harai fukure no/ senkin no haru
Poem by Kanayaen Mahiro: Ume ga ka o/ mote kuru kaze ya/ futokoro no/ atatakasofu
na/ fugu wa fukusha ka
Poem by Kanayaen Mahiro: Ume ga ka o/ mote kuru kaze ya/ futokoro no/ atatakasofu
na/ fugu wa fukusha ka
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.