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Sacred Dance with Masks (Iwato Kagura), from the series Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)

(Japanese, 1908–1984)
1946 (Shôwa 21), March
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions20 x 26.4 cm (7 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession number65.1099
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1965, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA: 1965, by inheritance to his wife, Barbara Birkhoff Paine (b. 1909 - d. 1995), Cambridge, MA; 1965, gift of Mrs. Paine to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 1965)
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