Grosbeak on Mirabilis, from an untitled series named Small Flowers Yale University Art Gallery

late 18th century

葛飾北斎　｢鵤　白粉花｣　浮世絵錦絵　江戸時代

Medium: Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print
Credit Line: Gift of J. Watson Webb, B.A. 1907, and Electra Havemeyer Webb
Accession Number: 1942.68
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Prints
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Provenance

James Watson Webb (1884–1960) and Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888–960) Collection, Burlington, VT; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1942

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Censor's seal: Kiwame 極 (round, relief, lower left)\r\nPublisher's seal: Eiju-dō 永寿堂 (square, intaglio, lower left)\r\n

Inscriptions

Haiku reads: "Oshiroi no / hana ya botan no / ushirogaki" \r\nFour o’clock flowers / thrive on the far side of fences / behind the peonies\r\nInscription Comment: By a female poet named Yōdai me 瑤臺女 (middle right edge); (source unknown).

Signed

Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (brushed by Iitsu, formerly Hokusai) 前北斎為一筆 (lower left)

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