Kobayashi Kiyochika
Hunter Spying a Hawk

ArtistJapanese, 1847–1915
PublisherJapanese, 1836–1891
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Hunter Spying a Hawk
  • Teppou uchi ryoushi
Datec. 1880
MediumWoodblock printed diptych; ink and color on kozo paper
DimensionsOverall: 14 5/16 × 19 3/8 in. (36.4 × 49.2 cm)
Sheet (.A): 14 3/16 × 9 5/8 in. (36 × 24.5 cm)
Block (.A): 13 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (34.5 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet (.B): 14 7/16 × 9 3/4 in. (36.7 × 24.7 cm)
Block (.B): 13 11/16 × 9 9/16 in. (34.8 × 24.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Peter and Erika Aron and the Japanese Business Association
Object number2022.28.A,.B
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Provenance[Scholten Japanese Art, New York, by March 2019]; purchased by MFAH.
Exhibition HistoryNA
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signatures of artist and carver printed in grey at recto bottom left of the left print: "小林清親 " (Kobayashi Kiyochika) and "彫刻英吉" (Chōkoku Eikichi)
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