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Woman beside a Standing Screen

衝立と美人

Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1730s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa

Dimensions Hosoban; 31 x 15.5 cm (12 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5780

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTwo similar designs: 21.5765 (by Masanobu), 21.5780 (unsigned, possibly a pirate version of the Masanobu print--or vice versa, since the hairstyle of the latter version loos earlier)

Signed Unsigned
無款

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.