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日本民俗図譜 大島のアンコ
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Woman of Ôshima (Ôshima no anko), from the series Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)
日本民俗図譜 大島のアンコ
Maeda Masao (Japanese, 1904–1974)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1946 (Shôwa 21), March
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
27.9 x 20.4 cm (11 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number65.1061
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom a portfolio of 12 works by 10 artists.
The titles of the individual prints were on a separate sheet included in the portfolio.
MFA prints in the series (complete): 65.1058, 65.1061, 65.1063, 65.1065, 65.1066, 65.1070, 65.1072, 65.1073, 65.1074, 65.1075, 65.1090, 65.1099
The titles of the individual prints were on a separate sheet included in the portfolio.
MFA prints in the series (complete): 65.1058, 65.1061, 65.1063, 65.1065, 65.1066, 65.1070, 65.1072, 65.1073, 65.1074, 65.1075, 65.1090, 65.1099
Signed
Maeda Masao (in block)
ProvenanceBy 1965, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA: 1965, by inheritance to his wife, Barbara Birkhoff Paine (b. 1909 - d. 1995), Cambridge, MA; 1965, gift of Mrs. Paine to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 1965)