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Mimeguri, from the series Twelve Views of the Eastern Capital (Tôto jûni kei)


「東都十二景 みめくり」
Katsukawa Shuntei (Shôkôsai) (Japanese, 1770–1824)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1799–1800 (Kansei 11–12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 10.8 x 16.8 cm (4 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Richard Lane
Accession Number65.1698
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Nagata article in Ukiyo-e geijutsu 52 (1976), pp. 28-30; Biederman article in MFA Bulletin vol. LXI no. 324 (1963), pp. 78-85
DescriptionFour prints in the series of 12 were designed by Hokusai and the other eight by Katsukawa Shuntei.
The MFA's holdings of this series include two prints by Hokusai, 63.775 and 63.1369; one print by Shuntei, 65.1698, and three drawings based on prints by Hokusai, RES.63.48, RES.63.49, and RES.63.50 (the last based on 63.775).
Signed Shuntei ga
春亭画
Marks No censor's seal