/internal/media/dispatcher/1556389/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Bunka Era (Bunka no koro), from the series Floral Patterns (Hana moyô)1896 (Meiji 29), AprilKobayashi KiyochikaKokkeidōVertical ôban triptych; 37 × 73.7 cm (14 9/16 × 29 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 20162016.945a-c0No date on this impression. The impression in the British Museum has a date of April 1896 and was published by Takekawa Seikichi; it may be the first edition. The Waseda impression is the same edition as this one (pub. Kokkeidô).
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