Festival in Urasa (Urasa no hadaka matsuri), from the series Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)

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Festival in Urasa (Urasa no hadaka matsuri), from the series Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)

日本民俗図譜　浦佐の裸祭り

Maekawa Senpan (Japanese, 1888–1960)

Japanese

Shôwa era

1946 (Shôwa 21), March

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions 20.1 x 26.2 cm (7 15/16 x 10 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Accession Number65.1063

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Smith, Japanese Prints During the Allied Occupation (2002), #54

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

Signed Han (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)