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Peacock and Peonies

Peacock and Peonies

牡丹に孔雀

Artist unknown, Japanese

Japanese

Edo period

1765 (Meiwa 2)

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

Dimensions 22.8 x 15.1 cm (9 x 5 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6286

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #712; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 674

DescriptionThe numbers of the short months are hidden in teh tail feathers and the long months in the rocks.

Signed Unsigned
無款

ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.