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White Rooster on a Drum


太鼓に白い鶏 (複製)
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design
1890s copy of 1825 original

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 21.1 x 18.1 cm (8 5/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9278
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, List of surimono copies in square format, #73; the original: Rijksmuseum, The Ear Catches the Eye (2001), #20
DescriptionGroup A copy of a picture calendar for 1825.

Signed Aoigaoka Hokkei
葵岡北渓
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.