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Geisha and Biwa (Japanese Lute) from the series Beautiful Women and Music (Bijin to onkyoku)


琵琶(芸妓) 美人と音曲より
Fujishima Takeji (Japanese, 1867–1943)
Publisher: Sunbikai
Japanese
Late Meiji era
1905
Place of Creation: Japan

Medium/Technique Color woodblock and stencil; ink and metallic pigment on card stock
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 8.8 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards
Accession Number2002.916
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, The Art of the Japanese Postcard (2004), cat. #118
ProvenanceEx. Jaeger Collection

Leonard A. Lauder Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Fractional gift of Lauder (Accession date: March 20, 2002).