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日の出島 鶴亀の巻 （村井弦斎作）
Lady Playing the Koto, frontispiece illustration from the novel Hinodejima, Tsurukame no maki (Island of the Rising Sun: Crane and Turtle Volume)
日の出島 鶴亀の巻 （村井弦斎作）
Japanese
Meiji era
1897 (Meiji 30)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 26.5 cm (8 7/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert M. Woollacott
Accession Number2015.2857
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Yamada, Mokuhan kuchi-e sôran (2005), p. 127, photo p. 324
DescriptionNovel by Murai Gensai (1864-1927)
Signed
(seal only)
Marks
Artist's seal: Eisen
Provenance2015, sold by Lella e Gianni Morra, Venice, Italy to Robert Woollacott, Cambridge, MA; 2015 gift of Robert Woollacott to the MFA. (Accession date: September 24, 2015).