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A Woman and Her Distant Lover, frontispiece illustration from the novel Kibijin (A Strange Beauty)

A Woman and Her Distant Lover, frontispiece illustration from the novel Kibijin (A Strange Beauty)

(Japanese, 1863–after 1934)
1897 (Meiji 30)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions22.2 x 35 cm (8 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert M. Woollacott
Accession number2015.2903
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ClassificationsPrints
Provenance2014, sold by Lella & 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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