Snow Butterfly
Mizufune Rokushû
(Japanese, 1912–1980)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 27.8 × 24.5 cm (10 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Susan and Nancy Berliner in memory of Barnett and Marilyn Berliner
Accession number2022.135
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceAbout 1970s, probably sold by the Art/Asia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, to Barnett Berliner (b. 1925 – d. 2020) and Marilyn "Mim" Ada Klein Berliner (b. 1927 – d. 2021), Brookline, MA; 2021, by inheritance to their children, Susan Berliner and Nancy Berliner, Cambridge, MA; 2022, gift of Susan and Nancy Berliner to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 20, 2022)
Mizufune Rokushû
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Nishimura Shigenaga
1750s
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month