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Lot Essay
A kingfisher hovers over bellflowers. The poem above reads:
Asa tsuyu no wakete ukitatsu kikyo kana
Is it the bellflower that emerges from the morning dew?
For the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 21.9591, go to: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/237209/kingfisher-and-bellflowers
And also, for the same print in the collection of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), accession no. 34.266, go to: https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/kingfisher-and-chinese-bellflowers-kikyoni-kawasemi-34266
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