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Cuckoo and Bonito

(Japanese, ?–1831?)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (sumizuri with usuzumi); ink on paper
Dimensions22.5 x 17.1 cm (8 7/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession number54.272
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Hitokoe ni/ futatsu no kuni ya/ hototogisu
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)