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Bunraku Puppets


文楽人形
Takehisa Yumeji (Japanese, 1884 – 1934)
Publisher: Yanagiya
Japanese
Taishô era
1914 (Taishô 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions 42.2 x 27.7 cm (16 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Justine F. Kershaw Fund
Accession Number68.288
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Mus., Nihon no hanga II, 1911-1920 (1999), #185 (different edition); Nakau, Yumeji roman hanga (1984), p. 12
DescriptionNakau 1984 identifies this work as one of Yumeji's earliest print designs, originally sold in his wife's shop Minatoya and later reprinted by Yanagiya.
Signed (seal only)