Flowers of Yamashita (Yamashita no hana), from the series Comparing the Charms of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin irokurabe) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Flowers of Yamashita (Yamashita no hana), from the series Comparing the Charms of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin irokurabe)

Flowers of Yamashita (Yamashita no hana), from the series Comparing the Charms of Modern Beauties (Tôsei bijin irokurabe)

「当世美人色競　山下花」

Kitao Masanobu (Santô Kyôden) (Japanese, 1761–1816)

Japanese

Edo period

late 1780s (Tenmei to Kansei era)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 26.1 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5708

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #74; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #1384

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.5708, 34.364

Signed Kitao Masanobu ga
北尾政演画

ProvenanceMarch 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from H. Appleton collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.