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The Spirit-Returning Incense (Hangonkô)


返魂香 (絵暦)
Attributed to: Komatsuken (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1765 (Meiwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 26.2 x 37 cm (10 5/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Nathan Chaikin
Accession Number67.650-1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse cat. #638-39; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pls. 614-5; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), pp. 173-4, #s 4, 4A
DescriptionDiptych: 67.650 (left), 67.651 (right)

MFA impressions: 21.8170 (right sheet only), 67.650-1 (complete diptych)

Numbers for the long and short months are hidden in the clothing patterns.
Signed Unsigned
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