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The Fairy Tale of the Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom (Hanasaki no okina, mukashi banashi), from the series Flowers of Japan, Illustrated (Nihon hana zue)

The Fairy Tale of the Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom (Hanasaki no okina, mukashi banashi), from the series Flowers of Japan, Illustrated (Nihon hana zue)

(Japanese, 1859–1920)
(Japanese)
1897 (Meiji 30), July 21
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.6 × 23.4 cm (14 × 9 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.1212
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)
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