Mandarin Ducks, from the series "Kashinsai"
Nishimura Shigenaga · c. 1725/27
Provenance
Ownership history
- Charles Bain Hoyt (1889–1949); sold to Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, Dec. 1919; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Paine, "Japanese Prints of Birds and Flowers by Masanobu and Shigenaga," Oriental Art, v. 9, no. 1 (1963), fig. 17; Gunsaulus, AIC 1 (1955), p. 190, no. 10
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