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Grooming the Eyebrows, from the book Ehon masu kagami, vol. II


絵本十寸鑑
Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671–1750)
Japanese
Edo period
1748 (Enkyô 5/Kan'en 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions Two chûbon pages; 22.3 x 28.9 cm (8 3/4 x 11 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number53.2794
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions:
Intact book: 2006.1585.20 (no. 20 of a set of 29, collectively numbered 2006.1585.1-29)
Illustrations cut out of book and mounted as prints: 53.2789 to 53.2803
Signed (this picture unsigned)
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)