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Actor (?) as a Vendor of New Year Charms in the Form of Love Letters (Kesôbumi-uri)

(Japanese, 1686–1764)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
DimensionsHosoban; 31.7 x 14.3 cm (12 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.5764
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceFormerly in the Kobayashi collection; October 1913, 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.