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A Good Time to Open the Storehouse (Kurabiraki yoshi), from the series Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)
A Good Time to Open the Storehouse (Kurabiraki yoshi), from the series Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)

A Good Time to Open the Storehouse (Kurabiraki yoshi), from the series Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and silver on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 20.8 x 17.9 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGeneral Funds
Accession number00.1902
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Reitensha Sodenari: Tachikomeshi/ haru no kasumi no/ hosotoguchi/ hiraku ni wa yoki/ sawarabi no kagi Poem by Senkodô Sakae of Sendai: Kakizome ni/ naraishi kozo no/ tehon o mo/ tobira hirakeru/ yado no fumigaura 霊天舎袖成 立こめし春の 霞の細戸口開く にはよき 早蕨の鍵  千こう堂栄 書初に 習ひし 去年の 手本をも 扉ひらける 宿の文くらProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)