Title: Lady Murasaki Sets a Bird Free from a Cage
Object type: Print
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Yashima Gakutei 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1786?–1868
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (21 x 18.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Women