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The Marumage Hairstyle


丸髷
Itô Shinsui (Japanese, 1898–1972)
Publisher: Watanabe Shôzaburô (Japanese)
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
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
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)