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Sesshôseki, from an unidentified series of Nô plays

Sesshôseki, from an unidentified series of Nô plays

(Japanese, 1854–1911)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 25.2 × 36.8 cm (9 15/16 × 14 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.1497
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)
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