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The Spirit-Returning Incense (Hangonkô)


返魂香
Attributed to: Komatsuken (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.8 x 18.8 cm (10 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8170
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #640; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 616; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 174, #4A
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8170 (right sheet only), 67.650-1 (complete diptych)

Numbers for the long and short months are hidden in the clothing patterns.
Signed Unsigned
無款
Marks Collector's seal: (illegible)
ProvenanceMarch 1921, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Buckingham sale; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.