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The Bush Warbler Whistle (Uguisu-bue), frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu, vol. 12, no. 3


文芸倶楽部 12巻3号 「鶯笛」
Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908)
Publisher: Bungei kurabu (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1906 (Meiji 39)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 29.9 x 21.9 cm (11 3/4 x 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert M. Woollacott
Accession Number2015.2846
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yamada, Mokuhan kuchi-e sôran (2005), p. 155, photo p. 349; Merrit & Yamada, Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints (2000), fig. 6.13
DescriptionNo corresponding story identified.
Signed (seal only)
Marks Artist's seal: Toshikata
Provenance2002, sold by Huys den Esch, Dodewaard, The Netherlands to Robert Woollacott, Cambridge, MA; 2015 gift of Robert Woollacott to the MFA. (Accession date: September 24, 2015).