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Hair-cord maker (Motoyui), from the book Iroe shokunin burui (Color Pictures of Various Artisans)


彩画職人部類 「鬠(モトユイ)」
Tachibana Minkô (Japanese, active about 1764–1772)
Japanese
Edo period
1784 (Tenmei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Two pages; 20.2 x 32.2 cm (7 15/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number49.655a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions of the intact book: 2008.1623, 2008.2013, 2008.2014.1-2, 2008.2015.1-2, 2008.2017.1-2
A group of illustrations cut from the book: 49.651 to 49.661a-b.
Signed (these pages unsigned)
Provenance1949, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession date: September 15, 1949)