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Unidentified illustrated book, mounted as a folding album

(undated)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock printed book mounted as a folding album; ink and color on paper
DimensionsOverall: 22 x 15.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number2019.1143
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: October 7, 2019)
Arai Kimiyasu (Meimon)
postface: 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
Totoya Hokkei
about early 1830s
Artist unidentified, Japanese
18th century
Album of Courtesans: Ômonguchi, the Gate to Shin Yoshiwara
Torii Kiyonobu I
colophon: 1700 (Genroku 13)
Album of Courtesans: Asagiri
Torii Kiyonobu I
colophon: 1700 (Genroku 13)
Album of Courtesans: Kaoru
Torii Kiyonobu I
colophon: 1700 (Genroku 13)
Album of Courtesans: Masatsune
Torii Kiyonobu I
colophon: 1700 (Genroku 13)
Album of Courtesans: Ukihashi
Torii Kiyonobu I
colophon: 1700 (Genroku 13)