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Hawk's Nest

(Japanese, active 1820s–50s)
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban, upright diptych; 66.2 x 22.5 cm (26 1/16 x 8 7/8 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 number54.215
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)
Courtesan Standing Behind a Screen
Utagawa Kunihide
Kôka (1844–48) - Kaei (1848–54) eras
Actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Sakama Jin'emon and Bandô Matsujirô as Umenosuke
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 10th month
Ishiyama, from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1825 (Bunsei 8)