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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1916
People
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Japanese (1780-1850)
Title
Hawk on Perch, from an untitled series of Three Lucky Dreams
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, surimono
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207733

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban: 20 x 17.9 cm (7 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Hokkei
  • inscription: Poems (as read from mat):
    Hanamoritei Shiranari
    Isamashiya noboru/Hatsuhi no iro mitate/Taka ni/Tsukesaru/kurenai no/Fusa
    Takasagotei Matsunari
    Hatsuharu no taka wa soredemo murasaki no/ Shobō no iro ni kasumu akebono

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.1916
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 177

Verification Level

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