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Young Couple Looking at Painting of Huang Zhuping; Calendar for 1799


黃初平と羊の絵を見る若い男女 (絵暦)
Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1828)
Japanese
Edo period
1799 (Kansei 11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 10 x 13.4 cm (3 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession NumberRES.49.151
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLong and short months shown by colored weights of clock.
The painting shows the Chinese Taoist immortal Huang Zhuping, who was able to change stones into goats and goats into stones; 1799 was a Year of the Goat.
Signed Toyohiro ga
豊広画
Marks Artist's seals: (illegible)
Provenance1949, purchased by the MFA from an unidentified source. (Accession Date: September 15, 1949)