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Woman Holding an Insect Cage and Woman Playing the Shakuhachi

Woman Holding an Insect Cage and Woman Playing the Shakuhachi

虫籠を持つ女と尺八を吹く女

Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1777 (An'ei 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 23.7 cm (14 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5862

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 7 (1980), #35

DescriptionFrom an untitled, unsigned series of geisha.

Signed Unsigned
無款

ProvenanceOctober 1915, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Ito; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.