The Great Minister (Daijin) Takenouchi no Sukune (or Takeshiuchi no Sukune), from the series Gekkô's Miscellany (Gekkô Zuihitsu)

「月耕随筆　大臣武内宿称」

Ogata Gekkô (Japanese, 1859–1920)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1897 (Meiji 30) (?)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.1 × 23.3 cm (13 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

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

Accession Number2016.962

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 2016.962 (pub. Matsuki, 1897?), RES.51.155 (pub. Takekawa, 1893)

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)