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The Puppeteer Kiritake Monjûrô with the Puppet Jihei (Right) and Other Puppeteers with Osui, the daughter of Jihei (Center) and Koharu (Left)

(Japanese, 1914–1988)
1954 (Shôwa 29)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 54.8 × 70.5 cm (21 9/16 × 27 3/4 in.)
Credit LineAsiatic Curator's Fund
Accession number55.456
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1955, sold by Rev. J. Calvert Hudson to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 15, 1955)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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