Spring, No. 9: Akebia Quinata and Azure-winged Magpie, popularly Called Longtail Bird (Akebi, renjaku, zoku ni onagadori, haru kyû), from the series Bairei's Picture Album of Birds and Flowers (Bairei kachô gafu)

「楳嶺花鳥画譜　木通（あけび）、練鵲（れんじやく）俗ニ尾長鳥　春九」

Japanese

Meiji era

1883 (Meiji 16), December 27

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 × 24 cm (14 3/8 × 9 7/16 in.)

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

Accession Number2016.1467

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kôno Yutaka (with address, in lower border)
幸野豊

Marks Artist's seal: Bairei

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