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Courtiers Watching a Butterfly Dance, frontispiece illustration from Vol. 3 of the book Ôoku no jochû (The Ladies-in-waiting of the Shogun's Palace)

Courtiers Watching a Butterfly Dance, frontispiece illustration from Vol. 3 of the book Ôoku no jochû (The Ladies-in-waiting of the Shogun's Palace)

(Japanese, 1864–1905)
1894 (Meiji 27)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions21.9 × 29.7 cm (8 5/8 × 11 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.1414
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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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