Sparrow Dance (Renjaku), from the series Gekkô's Miscellany (Gekkô zuihitsu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Sparrow Dance (Renjaku), from the series Gekkô's Miscellany (Gekkô zuihitsu)

Sparrow Dance (Renjaku), from the series Gekkô's Miscellany (Gekkô zuihitsu)

「月耕随筆　連雀」

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

Japanese

Meiji era

1892 (Meiji 25)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.3 × 24.2 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

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

Accession Number2016.979

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 2016.979 (pub. Takekawa, 1892), RES.51.113 (pub. Takekawa, 1888)

Signed Gekkô
月耕

Marks Artist's seal

ProvenanceJustine Frances Lewis Keidel (d. 2003), Baltimore, MD; 2003, bequeathed by Justine Frances Lewis Keidel to her daughter, Anne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)