Woman of the Kônin Era, 810-824 (Kônin no saku)

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Woman of the Kônin Era, 810-824 (Kônin no saku)

弘仁の柵

Munakata Shikô (Japanese, 1903–1975)

Japanese

Shôwa era

1961 (Shôwa 36)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper, with hand-applied color

Dimensions 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Nancy Anderson Etani through the Nancy A. Etani Revocable Trust

Accession Number2009.2787

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CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Shikô (in Japanese), Munakata (in romanization, both in pencil in lower margin)
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ProvenanceBy date unknown, Etani family, Japan; before 2007, by inheritance to Mr. and Mrs. Kenji Etani; 2009, bequest of Mrs. Nancy Etani to the MFA. (Accession date: June 17, 2009)