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Tasting: High Class Lady from the series Beautiful Women and the Senses (Bijin to kankaku)
Japanese
Late Meiji era
1906
Medium/Technique
Color woodblock; ink and metallic pigment 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
Museum purchase with funds donated by Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2003.484
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, The Art of the Japanese Postcard (2004), cat. #127; Miyagi, Meiji no bijin-ga (1997), #54
ProvenanceBy 1991 Philippe Barros, Paris, France; by 2002 to Karl Jaeger, Bath, England; June 18, 2003 Sale by Karl Jaeger at Christie's London, lot 401, and purchased by the MFA.