Flags of Many Nations (Bankoku ki), frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu, vol. 10, no. 14

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Flags of Many Nations (Bankoku ki), frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu, vol. 10, no. 14

文芸倶楽部　10巻14号　万国旗

Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908)
Publisher: Bungei kurabu (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1904 (Meiji 37), October 15

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

Dimensions 22.2 x 30.1 cm (8 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert M. Woollacott

Accession Number2015.2897

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #130; Yamada, Mokuhan kuchi-e sôran (2005), p. 155, photo p. 348; Yamada, "Bijin kuchi-e...," Ukiyo-e geijutsu 147 (2004), p. 51, fig. 9, and color pl.; Yamada, "Bungei Kurabu...," Ukiyo-e geijutsu 144 (2002), photo p. 76

DescriptionNo corresponding story identified; title is descriptive (i.e., no title is given in the original magazine).

MFA impressions: 2000.311, 2015.2897

Signed (seal only)

Marks Artist's seal: Toshikata

Provenance2007, sold by Lella & Gianni Morra, Venice, Italy to Robert Woollacott, Cambridge, MA; 2015 gift of Robert Woollacott to the MFA. (Accession date: September 24, 2015).