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Connoisseurs of Color Woodblock Prints in Tokyo in the Form of a Sumô Program (Tôto nishiki-e sûkisha banzuke)

(Japanese, active 1920)
1920 (Taishô 9)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (sumiuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions50.6 x 37.5 cm (19 15/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineSource unidentified
Accession number2012.561
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance2012, accessioned by the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: October 19, 2012)

NOTES:
[1] Found with hand-written translation and envelope addressed to W . L. Keane, from Yamanaka Kyoto, dated 1939. This print is possibly from the Spaulding brothers, William and John, since Keane was their first dealer.