Preparing the Seven Herbs (Nanakusa) for the Seventh Day of the New Year – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Preparing the Seven Herbs (Nanakusa) for the Seventh Day of the New Year

Preparing the Seven Herbs (Nanakusa) for the Seventh Day of the New Year

七草の節句

Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburô (Eirindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Hashira-e; 62.3 x 11.9 cm (24 1/2 x 4 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5904

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #742

Signed Shunchô ga
春潮画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#553); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.