Yellow: Potted Adonis Plant, from the series A Set of Fans on Flowing Water in Five Colors (Goshiki bantsuzuki ôgi nagashi)

「五色番続扇流し」　黄、福寿草

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1825–26 (Bunsei 8–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.5 x 18.2 cm (8 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Louis W. Black

Accession Number51.35

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Heiteres treiben... (Köln, 1990), #2-64 (complete pentaptych); Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #269 (complete pentaptych)

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete pentaptych. Center right sheet: 37.336.

Signed Hokkei
北渓

Provenance1951, gift of Louis W. Black to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 11, 1951)