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Birds: Street Musicians (Torioi), from the series Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Kachô fûgetsu)

about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 20.9 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGeneral Funds
Accession number00.1962
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Ryûfûtei Shirube no Hanagaki: Morotomo ni/ mutsumashi tsuki no/ sukiwahi wa/ momosaezuri no/ haru no torioi 「柳風亭★導美垣 諸共にむつまし月のすきわひはもゝ囀りの春の鳥追」
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)
The Warrior Class (Shi), from a Set of Four (Yonban tsuzuki)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1830–35 (early Tenpô era)