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Courtesan of the Owariya, No. 22 from the series A Master Text of Popular Songs (Hauta tora no maki)

(Japanese, 1835–1900)
(Japanese)
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 2nd month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.3 × 25.5 cm (14 11/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.794
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)
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