Butterflies and moths, from the series A Flock of Butterflies (Gunchō Gafu) Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)

Bunka era (1804–18)

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Surimono, shikishi-ban, one of the seven in the collection; polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

sheet: 8 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (20.5 × 18 cm)

Credit Line

Promised gift of Virginia Shawan Drosten and Patrick Kenadjian, B.A. 1970

Loan number

ILE2017.30.43

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Henri Vever (1854–1942), Paris, France. Sale Christie's London 11/7/2007 lots #38-44; Joan B. Mirviss (dealer), New York, 2004; sold to Virginia Shawan Drosten and Patrick Kenadjian, Koenigstein im Taunus, Germany, 2004 (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017–present)
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts, surimono

Marks

Collector's seal: Vever (relief, red ink) (lower right)

Inscriptions

Kasumi-ren\r\nMist Club\r\n霞連\r\n\r\nPoets\r\nGuren-dō (愚連堂)\r\nHaikai ?ba (俳諧?場) ???

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