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Woman Holding a Jôruri Libretto (Katô bushi)

(Japanese, active about 1720–1750)
about 1718 (Kyôhô 3)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color, nikawa, and metallic powder
DimensionsHosoban; 32 x 15.2 cm (12 5/8 x 6 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.5676
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.