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Image Not Available for Crepe Myrtle and Bull-headed Shrike (Sarusuberi, mozu, at right); Chrysanthemum, Bellflowers, and Quail (Kiku, kikyô, uzura, at left), Sheet 53, from the series Pictures of Birds and Flowers (Kachô zue)

Crepe Myrtle and Bull-headed Shrike (Sarusuberi, mozu, at right); Chrysanthemum, Bellflowers, and Quail (Kiku, kikyô, uzura, at left), Sheet 53, from the series Pictures of Birds and Flowers (Kachô zue)

(Japanese, 1826–1869)
(Japanese, 1842–1894)
late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsTwo vertical yotsugiri prints on uncut horizontal chûban sheet; 17.6 × 23.8 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number1997.524.6
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)
Shiba Shinmei Shrine, from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month