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Beauty Catching Fireflies (Bijin bokukei), frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu, vol. 3, no. 10

Beauty Catching Fireflies (Bijin bokukei), frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu, vol. 3, no. 10

(Japanese, 1861–1943)
(Japanese)
1897 (Meiji 30)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions22.1 x 30 cm (8 11/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert M. Woollacott
Accession number2015.2875
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance2014, sold by Ohmi Gallery, Otsu City, Japan to Robert Woollacott, Cambridge, MA; 2015 gift of Robert Woollacott to the MFA. (Accession date: September 24, 2015).
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