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Daruma Dolls Coming to Life: Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Daruma

Daruma Dolls Coming to Life: Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Daruma

(Japanese, 1786–1864)
(Japanese)
1857 (Ansei 4), 12th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
DimensionsVertical ôban, creped; 19 x 13.1 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1801
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ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptions「何をさせてみても上手にうこくなり　梛のたる摩の眼玉おや玉　宝木亭」
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)
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