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Woman Applying Makeup in Mirror


鏡で化粧する美人
Hôtei Gosei (Japanese, active about 1804–1844)
Japanese
Edo period
1808 (Bunka 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Kokonotsugiri; 13.6 x 17.8 cm (5 3/8 x 7 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number53.2668
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDated Year of the Dragon (Tatsu no toshi).
Signed Hôtei Hokuga hitsu
抱亭北鵞筆
ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; 1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)