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Snail and Poem by Buson from the series Postcards of Haikai Poetry (Haikai ehagaki)

Snail and Poem by Buson from the series Postcards of Haikai Poetry (Haikai ehagaki)

(Japanese, born in 1870)
Place of CreationJapan
Medium/TechniqueColor lithograph; embossing; ink and metallic pigment on card stock
DimensionsOverall: 8.8 x 13.8 cm (3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards
Accession number2002.1092
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ClassificationsPostcards
Inscriptions「蝸牛やその角文字のにじりがき　蕪村」　俳諧絵葉書　夏の部より dede mushi ya sono tsuno moji no nijirigaki (With his horns / a snail slowly scrawls / a hesitant letter”)
ProvenanceEx. Jaeger Collection

Leonard A. Lauder Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fractional gift of Lauder (Accession date: March 20, 2002).