Chickens and Dragonfly

鶏に蜻蛉

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Inoue Eikichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1880 (Meiji 13), October

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.5 x 37.2 cm (9 5/8 x 14 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Louis W. Black

Accession Number51.32

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #65; Smith, Kiyochika (exh. cat., Santa Barbara, 1988), #54; Ukiyo-e taikei 12 (1976), #93; Ukiyo-e taisei 12 (1931), #519

Signed Kobayashi Kiyochika (as graffitti on wall)
小林清親

Provenance1951, gift of Louis W. Black to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 11, 1951)