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A Pledge at the Lake (Koshin no chikai), frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu, vol. 7, no. 9


文芸倶楽部 7巻9号 「湖心の誓」 (江見水蔭作)
Takeuchi Keishû (Japanese, 1861–1943)
Publisher: Bungei kurabu (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1901 (Meiji 34)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 22.1 x 30.7 cm (8 11/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert M. Woollacott
Accession Number2015.2868
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yamada, Mokuhan kuchi-e sôran (2005), p. 103, photo p. 292; Merrit & Yamada, Woodblock Kuchi-e Prints (2000), fig. 5.5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 2015.2868, 2016.1319

Illustration of a story by Emi Suiin (1869-1934).
Signed (seal only)
Marks Artist's seal: Keishû
桂舟
Provenance2004, sold by Carolyn Staley Fine Prints, Seattle, WA to Robert Woollacott, Cambridge, MA; 2015 gift of Robert Woollacott to the MFA. (Accession date: September 24, 2015).