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Calligraphy Lesson, from an unidentified book


絵本より 手習い
Artist unknown, Japanese
After: Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671–1750)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions One chûbon page; 15.8 x 13.8 cm (6 1/4 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession NumberRES.53.193
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionCopied from an illustration in Sukenobu, Ehon masu kagami, vol. 1; but this is not the Sukenobu illustration.
Probably from the same book: RES.53.192, RES.53.193, RES.53.194
Signed (this picture unsigned)
無款
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)