Snow on Dark Blue Trousers (Ruribakama ni yuki), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Settsugekka uchi)

「雪月花内　瑠璃袴に雪」

Yôsai Nobukazu (Japanese, 1872–1944)
Publisher: Katsuki Yoshikatsu (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1890 (Meiji 23), December 20

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 × 75.5 cm (14 5/8 × 29 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession NumberRES.53.85-7

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: RES.53.85 (left), RES.53.86 (center), RES.53.87 (right)

Note: The reading of the title is tentative.

Signed Yôsai Nobukazu (on right sheet)
楊斎延一

Provenance1953, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1953)