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Asahimatsu

(Japanese, active 1871)
1871 (Meiji 4), 2nd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 35.7 × 24.5 cm (14 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.1484
On View
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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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