The Spirit of the Ink-dyed Cherry Blossoms (Sumizome-zakura), with an inset View of Komachi's Grave and the Ink-dyed Well (Komachi-zuka Sumizome-i no zu), from the series Flowers of Japan, Illustrated (Nihon hana zue)

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The Spirit of the Ink-dyed Cherry Blossoms (Sumizome-zakura), with an inset View of Komachi's Grave and the Ink-dyed Well (Komachi-zuka Sumizome-i no zu), from the series Flowers of Japan, Illustrated (Nihon hana zue)

「日本花図会　深草の野辺の桜し心あらは　この春はかり墨染めに咲け　みねお」　「小町塚墨染井之図」　墨染桜の精

Ogata Gekkô (Japanese, 1859–1920)
Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1896 (Meiji 29), February 13

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.6 × 23.4 cm (14 × 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.1219

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gekkô
月耕

Marks Artist's seal

InscriptionsPoem by Kamitsuke no Mineo (Kokinshû 832): Fukakusa no/ nobe no sakura shi/ kokoro araba/ kono haru bakari [=kotoshi bakari wa]/ sumizome ni sake
「深草の野辺の桜し心あらは　この春はかり[=今年はかりは]　墨染めに咲け　みねお」
作者:上野岑雄(かみつけのみねお) 出典:[古今和歌集16]832

ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)