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「花模様 文化ノ頃」
The Bunka Era (Bunka no koro), from the series Floral Patterns (Hana moyô)
「花模様 文化ノ頃」
Japanese
Meiji era
1896 (Meiji 29), April
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37 × 73.7 cm (14 9/16 × 29 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.945a-c
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 201-4861 (R), 201-4862 (C), 201-4863 (L)
DescriptionNo date on this impression. The impression in the British Museum has a date of April 1896 and was published by Takekawa Seikichi; it may be the first edition. The Waseda impression is the same edition as this one (pub. Kokkeidô).
The Bunka era was the period from 1804 to 1818.
The Bunka era was the period from 1804 to 1818.
Signed
Kiyochika
清親
清親
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)