Cherry Blossoms at Azumadai (Azumadai no ôka), from the series Beauties Matched wth Famous Places (Hana bijin meisho awase)

「花美人名所尽　東台の桜花」

Ogata Gekkô (Japanese, 1859–1920)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1896 (Meiji 29), March 20

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.3 × 75.1 cm (14 11/16 × 29 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.993a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mus., Meiji-Taishô bijin hanga ten (1993), #5

Signed Gekkô
月耕

Marks Artist's seal

ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)