Gidayu Performer and Samisen from the series Beautiful Women and Music (Bijin to onkyoku)

三味線（娘義太夫）　美人と音曲より

Fujishima Takeji (Japanese, 1867–1943)
Publisher: Sunbikai

Japanese

Late Meiji era

1905

Medium/Technique Color woodblock and stencil; ink on card stock

Dimensions Overall: 8.8 x 13.8 cm (3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Leonard A. Lauder

Accession Number2003.605

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPostcards

Catalogue Raisonné Ikuta, Nihon no bijutsu ehagaki (2006), #315; MFA, The Art of the Japanese Postcard (2004), cat. #119

ProvenancePurchased by the MFA from Martin and Rada Shapiro, Vintagepostcards.com, 312 Feather Tree Drive, Clearwater, FL, June 20, 2003.