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奇美人 （小栗風葉作）
A Woman and Her Distant Lover, frontispiece illustration from the novel Kibijin (A Strange Beauty)
奇美人 （小栗風葉作）
Japanese
Meiji era
1897 (Meiji 30)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
22.2 x 35 cm (8 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert M. Woollacott
Accession Number2015.2903
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Yamada, Mokuhan kuchi-e sôran (2005), p. 114, photo p. 305
DescriptionNovel by Oguri Fûyô (1875-1926).
Signed
Toshimine
年峰
年峰
Marks
Artist's seal: Toshimine
Provenance2014, sold by Lella & Gianni Morra, Venice, Italy to Robert Woollacott, Cambridge, MA; 2015 gift of Robert Woollacott to the MFA. (Accession date: September 24, 2015).