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A Game of Ken in a Parlor in the New Yoshiwara

(Japanese, active about 1704–1748)
1740s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions31 x 42.7 cm (12 3/16 x 16 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.5800
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
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