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Lady Writing a Letter; frontispiece illustration for the novel Date Masamune

Lady Writing a Letter; frontispiece illustration for the novel Date Masamune

(Japanese, 1864–1905)
1897 (Meiji 30)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions22 x 27 cm (8 11/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert M. Woollacott
Accession number2015.2855
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ClassificationsPrints
Provenance2012, sold by Lella e Gianni Morra, Venice, Italy to Robert Woollacott, Cambridge, MA; 2015 gift of Robert Woollacott to the MFA. (Accession date: September 24, 2015).
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