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Flowers: Woman with Mirror, from the series Flowers and Birds, Wind and Moon (Kachô fûgetsu)

about 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsShikishiban; 21 x 18.6 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGeneral Funds
Accession number00.1939
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem by Ryûôtei no Hananari: Hono niou/ hana ni kokoro mo/ midare-gami/ yû ni iwarenu/ haru no akebono 「柳桜亭江戸美也 ほの匂ふ花に心もみたれ髪ゆふにいわれぬ春の曙」
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)
The Warrior Class (Shi), from a Set of Four (Yonban tsuzuki)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
about 1830–35 (early Tenpô era)