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乱藤 「かほる」、「あふしう」
Courtesans Kaoru (R) and Ōshū (L), from the book Midare Fuji, second edition
乱藤 「かほる」、「あふしう」
Ōmori Yoshikiyo (Japanese, active about 1702–16)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ōban; 24.8 x 34.9 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.369
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe book was formerly attributed to Furuyama Moroshige or Okumura Masanobu and was given the generic title Keisei ehon (Picture Book of Courtesans) The correct artist and title are now known from the surviving preface and colophon of the impression in the Chiba City Museum of Art. The first edition features a border around the edge of each sheet that is missing in the second edition.
MFA impressions:
Pages cut from book: 06.368, 06.369
Intact book: 2006.1604
MFA impressions:
Pages cut from book: 06.368, 06.369
Intact book: 2006.1604
Signed
(this page unsigned)
無款
無款
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross