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Birds (Tori), from the series Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Kachô fûgetsu uchi)


「花鳥風月内 鳥」
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych, creped; 22.1 x 48 cm (8 11/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1782-4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G396-02 (no photo)
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1782 (left), 00.1783 (center), 00.1784 (right)
Signed Kunisada hitsu (on each sheet)
国貞筆
Marks Censor's seal: Ox 9 aratame
Blockcutter's marks: Hori Chô (on right and center sheets), Katada Hori Chô (on left sheet)
改印:丑九改
彫師:彫長 片田彫長
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)