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Long-tailed Bird on Flowering Plum Branch

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
early 1830s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsÔtanzaku; 37.8 x 17.7 cm (14 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.7918
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsLine from Chinese poem: Ichiju dokusen tenka (no) haru 一樹独先天下春
ProvenanceDecember 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
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