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丸髷
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The Marumage Hairstyle
丸髷
Japanese
Taishô era
1924 (Taishô 13), July
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink, color, and mica on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.6 x 27.2 cm (15 9/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith's Group
Accession Number35.1864
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Brown et al., Fresh Impressions (2013), cat. 20; Hamanaka and Newland, The Female Image (2000), pl. 44
DescriptionMFA impressions: 35.1864 (with Itô seal), 55.77 (with Shinsui seal)
Signed
Shinsui saku (in block)
深水作
深水作
Marks
Artist's seal: Itô
ProvenanceBy 1935, Mrs. Wilmot R. Evans, Boston; 1935, sold by Mrs. Evans to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 5, 1935)