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Dragonfly (Akitsu) from the series Sunbikai Cards by Gyokusho (Gyokusho sunga)

Kawabata Gyokushô (Japanese, 1842–1913)
Publisher: Sunbikai
Japanese
Late Meiji era

Medium/Technique Color woodblock; 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 Museum purchase with funds donated by Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2003.583
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

Catalogue Raisonné Barros coll. exh. cat. (Sogo Mus., Yokohama, 1992), #II-3
Signed Gyokushô
ProvenanceBy 1992 Philippe Barros, Paris, France; by 2002 to Karl Jaeger, Bath, England; September 2003 purchased by MFA from Karl Jaeger.