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Compliments of Formosa Oolong Tea: Woman Playing a Xylophone, loosely based on Poem by Dainagon Kintô, No. 55 from the series A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu eshô)


絵葉書 百人一首絵抄 大納言公任 五十五番
After: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Late Meiji–Taishô era
Place of Creation: Japan

Medium/Technique Color wood engraving; ink on Japanese paper adhered to card stock
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 8.8 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards
Accession Number2002.12778
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

Signed Toyokuni ga
ProvenanceLeonard A. Lauder Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fractional gift of Lauder (Accession date: March 20, 2002).