Ink-dyed Cherry Blossoms (Sumizome-zakura), from the series Flowers for Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin no hana)

「当世美人ノ花　墨染さくら」

Japanese

Edo period

about 1830–43 (Tenpô era)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 33.9 x 23.3 cm (13 3/8 x 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3212.1

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #112.1 and cat. no. 384

Signed Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極