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Lion Training Cub


獅子の児落し
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–39 (Tenpô 6–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Ôtanzaku; 37.1 x 17 cm (14 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7901
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Tokita, E de tanoshimu Edo no kotowaza (2005), p. 93; Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #14; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #8.6; Tanba 1965, #88
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7901, 47.19
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem, by Hakuen: Yokkame no/ shishi itai geni/ botan ka na
四日めの 獅子いたいけに 牡丹哉 白猿
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.