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Japanese
Taishô era
1924 (Taishô 13)
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on card stock
Dimensions
Overall: 13.8 x 8.8 cm (5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2003.560
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
Catalogue Raisonné
Ikuta, Nihon no bijutsu ehagaki (2006), #412; MFA, The Art of the Japanese Postcard (2004), cat. #257; Barros coll. exh. cat. (Sogo Mus., Yokohama, 1992), #IX-7
ProvenanceBy 1991 Philippe Barros, Paris, France; by 2002 to Karl Jaeger, Bath, England; June 18, 2003 Sale by Karl Jaeger at Christie's London, lot 401, and purchased by the MFA.