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長襦袢
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The Under-kimono (Nagajuban)
長襦袢
Japanese
Shôwa era
1929 (Shôwa 4), July
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
47 x 30 cm (18 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number38.682
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hamanaka and Newland, The Female Image (2000), pl. 169-1 (variant versions, 169-1 to 169-5); Hizô ukiyo-e taikan: Mura (Muller coll.; 1990), pl. 130 (variations: fig. 111-3); Toledo Cat. 1936, no. 128
DescriptionMFA impressions: 38.682, 49.727 (variant coloring of kimono), 49.1082 (incomplete proof of 49.727, keyblock plus red block only)
Signed
Kotondo saku (in block)
言人作
言人作
Marks
Artist's seal: Kotondo
ProvenanceBy 1938, Yamanaka and Company, Boston; 1938, sold by Yamanaka and Company to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1938)