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髪を上げる美人
Woman Arranging Her Hair
髪を上げる美人
Kikurensha Kyosen (Japanese, 1722–1777)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 25.7 x 18.4 cm (10 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5699
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #649; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 623
DescriptionNumbers for long months in the paulownia leaves in the kimono pattern.
Signed
Jôsei Sanjin Kyosen
Marks
Artist's seal: Kyôsen no in
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.