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The Snow Woman (Yuki Onna) in the Play Yuki Onna Gomai Hagoita, from the book Dai Chikamatsu Zenshû


大近松全集 雪女五枚羽子板の雪女
Uemura Shôen (Japanese, 1875–1949)
Blockcutter: Yamagishi Kazue (Japanese, 1891–1984)
Printer: Nishimura Kumakichi (Japanese, active 1920s)
Japanese
Taishô era
1922 (Taishô 11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 42.1 x 27.5 cm (16 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number59.840
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPublished in connection with the book Dai Chikamatsu Zenshû.
Signed Shôen (in block)
松園
Marks Blockcutter: Chôkoku Yamagishi Kazue
Printer: Tezuri Nishimura Kumakichi
Artist's seal
彫刻:山岸主計
手摺:西村熊吉
ProvenanceBy 1959, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA; 1959, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: November 12, 1959)