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Spring Colors: A Sea View for Murasaki (Shunshoku Murasaki no kaibô)

(Japanese, active 1854–1888)
(Japanese)
(Japanese, 1833–1906)
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 11th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych, creped; 22.2 x 48.3 cm (8 3/4 x 19 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1813-5
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)
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