Couple from the series Young Girls of Second Street (Nigogai no onna)

Kobayashi Kaichi (Japanese, 1896–1968)

1920s

Place of CreationJapan

Medium/TechniqueColor woodblock; organic and inorganic colorants, metallic pigment on Japanese paper adhered to card stock

DimensionsOverall: 13.8 x 8.8 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards

Accession number2002.1014

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ClassificationsPostcards

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ProvenanceEx. Jaeger Collection

Leonard A. Lauder Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fractional gift of Lauder (Accession date: March 20, 2002).

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