Chrysanthemums (Kiku no hana), from the series Modern Figures in a Contest of Flowers (Hana kurabe imayô sugata) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Chrysanthemums (Kiku no hana), from the series Modern Figures in a Contest of Flowers (Hana kurabe imayô sugata)

Chrysanthemums (Kiku no hana), from the series Modern Figures in a Contest of Flowers (Hana kurabe imayô sugata)

「花競今様姿　菊の花」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.9 × 24.5 cm (14 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1269

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kinchôrô Yoshitora ga
錦朝楼芳虎画

Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)