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日本民俗図譜 花魁道中
Courtesan Procession (Hana oiran dôchû), from the series Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)
日本民俗図譜 花魁道中
Sekino Jun'ichirô (Japanese, 1914–1988)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1946 (Shôwa 21), March
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
26.1 x 20.8 cm (10 1/4 x 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number65.1070
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Smith, The J. Print since 1900 (1983), #89, photo p. 24
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
Jun (in Japanese, in block), Z. Sekino (in romanization, 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)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.