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Agemaki, No. 47, from the series Fifty-four Chapters of the Tale of Genji (Genji gojûyojô)

(Japanese, 1833–1904)
(Japanese, active late 1860s–1870s)
1870–71 (Meiji 3–4)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal chûban, 17.5 × 23.9 cm (6 7/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number2019.1975.3
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: December 30, 2019)
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