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Bundles of Iron and Copper Ingots with a Potted Sago Palm, Plum, and Adonis Plant


梅と福寿草と蘇鉄に鉄と銅
Ryûryûkyo Shinsai (Japanese, 1764?–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
1822 (Bunsei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.8 x 18.3 cm (8 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Louis W. Black
Accession Number51.38
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mirviss, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono (1995), cat. no. 46
DescriptionPoems translated in Mirviss w/ Carpenter 1995, p. 156.
Signed Shinsai
辰斎
InscriptionsPoems by Nampôgaki Makaze: Nubatama no/ yumi no kurogane/ kurashi tote/ kasumi ni musubu/ tsuki no akagane
Poem by Ryûsai Chimata: Hanaretaru/ yanagi no iro no/ ao-uma wa/ onoga ito mote/ toritsunage kashi
Poem by Haikai Utaba: Harusame no/ tsutau yanagi no/ tamakazura/ kakete midori no/ noki no kanedoi
Provenance1951, gift of Louis W. Black to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 11, 1951)