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Women Making a Visit in Snow (Parody of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?)


雪の訪問 (見立三国志 玄徳三雪中孔明訪ヵ)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyūdō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.9 x 34.7 cm (9 x 13 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Louis W. Black
Accession NumberRES.51.8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17550 (signed), RES.51.8 (unsigned)

Possibly a parody of the story of Liu Bei's three visits to Kongming (Zhuge liang), from the Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Signed Unsigned
無款
Provenance1951, gift of Louis W. Black to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 11, 1951)