Sparrow in the Snow

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 54.124.1
Type: print; woodblock print
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
ca. 1910
Meiji era
Place of production:
Signed: Bihō / Yoshikuni (美邦) and rectangular crimson seal with same characters
Marks: Négyszögletes vörös pecsét: Bihō (美邦)
Materials/Techniques: colour woodblock print, paper
Dimensions: height 24 cm

width 24,9 cm
From the collection of Dr. Ottó Fettick (1875-1954).

Large discoloration in upper left corner.

Artist: Nomura Yoshikuni (野村美邦, 1855–1903), also read as Bihō.

Biography of the artist: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG7551

Same signature at the BM's print: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1922-0208-0-2-1-3;
Other examples with Bihō seal: https://asia.si.edu/object/S2003.8.1603/ ; https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/rooster-and-hen-artist-nomura-yoshikuni/0wFb-930i8yGsg ; https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/crows-in-flight-in-snow/0AHZpapRC2DiAw