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Hollyhock (Kiaoi), from the series Modern Beauties Compared to Flowers (Hana kurabe imayô sugata)


「花競今様すがた 木葵」
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; 37 × 25 cm (14 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1300
NOT ON VIEW
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)