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Woman Holding a Jôruri Libretto (Katô bushi)


浄瑠璃の本(河東節)を持つ美人
Torii Kiyotada I (Japanese, active about 1720–1750)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1718 (Kyôhô 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color, nikawa, and metallic powder
Dimensions Hosoban; 32 x 15.2 cm (12 5/8 x 6 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5676
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionQuestionable; may be a reproduction.
The book cover has the synmbol of the Katô bushi school of jôruri chanting.
Signed Torii Kiyotada hitsu
鳥居清忠筆
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.