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天神 （菅原道真）
Portrait of Tenjin (Sugawara Michizane)
天神 （菅原道真）
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)
Japanese
Edo period
1740s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Wide hashira-e; 65.8 x 25.2 cm (25 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5774
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #77 (other impression); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 2, British Museum II (1988), fig. 33; Waterhouse, Images of Eighteenth-Century Japan (1975), #30
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.5774, 47.16
Signed
Hôgetsudô Tanchôsai Okumura Shinmyô Bunkaku Masanobu kinzu
方月堂丹鳥斎 奥村親妙文角政信謹図
方月堂丹鳥斎 奥村親妙文角政信謹図
Marks
Artist's seal: Tanchôsai
ProvenanceNovember 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Metzgar sale (lot 11); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.