Shirotae of the Tagoya and her kamuro Katsura, from the series Comparison of the Flowers of Fukagawa at the Height of Their Beauty (Tatsumi no hana zensei kurabe)
Utagawa Yoshiiku
(Japanese, 1833–1904)
Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô)
(Japanese)
1870 (Meiji 3), 1st month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.5 × 25 cm (14 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession numberRES.52.15
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Provenance1952, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.
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