Wisteria Girl (Fuji musume), from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana kurabe)

「美人花競　藤娘」

Ogata Gekkô (Japanese, 1859–1920)
Publisher: Takekawa Risaburô (Chikusendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1893 (Meiji 26), September

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 24.3 cm (13 7/8 × 9 9/16 in.)

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

Accession Number2016.1493

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 2016.1493, RES.51.104

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)