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Spring, No. 9: Akebia Quinata and Azure-winged Magpie, popularly Called Longtail Bird (Akebi, renjaku, zoku ni onagadori, haru kyû), from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers (Bairei kachô gafu)

(Japanese, 1844–1895)
1883 (Meiji 16), December 27
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.5 × 24 cm (14 3/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.1467
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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)
Performing Monkey
Kôno Bairei
1890s–1900s
Kôno Bairei
late 19th century