The Tongue-cut Sparrow (Shitakiri suzume), Scenes 1 to 12
Sasaki Yoshimitsu
(Japanese, 1850–1891, active 1873–1880)
about 1870s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions34.3 × 15.9 cm (13 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.1327
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Provenancesold by Peter Gilder, Arts and Design of Japan, San Francisco, CA, to Anne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)
Sasaki Yoshimitsu
1873 (Meiji 6),11th month
