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Calligraphy (top); Butterfly by Yugai and Cherry Branch by Keirin (bottom), from the harimaze series Handbook of Calligraphy and Painting of Recent Times (Kinsei shoga tekagami)

(Japanese, 1817–1880)
(Japanese)
(Japanese)
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 8th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban (harimaze); 37 x 25.5 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Porter Sargent
Accession number49.1755
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ClassificationsPrints
Wrapper for the book Shinsen eyô tategu hinagata
Miyagi Gengyo
First edition 1852 (Kaei 5)
Wrapper for the book Shiranui monogatari, Ch. 32
Miyagi Gengyo
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1)
Wrapper for the book Shiranui monogatari, Ch. 33
Miyagi Gengyo
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1)