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Woman Holding an Origami Crane

(Japanese, active about 1720–1750)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
DimensionsHosoban; 31.5 x 15 cm (12 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.5673
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceMarch 1918, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
Actor Ôtani Hiroji I as Asahina
Torii Kiyotada I
1733 (Kyôhô 18), 1st month (?)
Actor Ichikawa Masugorô as a Child with a Hobbyhorse
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1728 (Kyôhô 13)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1719 (Kyôho 4)
Actor Arashi Kiyosaburô II
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1720--23 (Kyôhô 5--8)
Actor Arashi Kiyosaburô II as a Courtesan with a Boy Attendant
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1720--23 (Kyôhô 5--8)
Actor Ogino Izaburô I as Watanabe no Tsuna
Torii Kiyotada I
1723 (Kyôho 8), 11th month
Actors Sanogawa Mangiku as Imagawa and Fujimura Handayû II
Torii Kiyotada I
1719 (Kyôhô 4), 9th month
Woman Holding a Jôruri Libretto (Katô bushi)
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1718 (Kyôhô 3)
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I
Torii Kiyonobu I
about 1720 (Kyôhô 5)
Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô I and Sanjô Kantarô II
Torii Kiyonobu I
about 1721 (Kyôhô 6)