Courtesan Procession (Hana oiran dôchû), from the series Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)

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Courtesan Procession (Hana oiran dôchû), from the series Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)

日本民俗図譜　花魁道中

Sekino Jun'ichirô (Japanese, 1914–1988)

Japanese

Shôwa era

1946 (Shôwa 21), March

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions 26.1 x 20.8 cm (10 1/4 x 8 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Accession Number65.1070

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Smith, The J. Print since 1900 (1983), #89, photo p. 24

DescriptionFrom a portfolio of 12 works by 10 artists.
The titles of the individual prints were on a separate sheet included in the portfolio.
MFA prints in the series (complete): 65.1058, 65.1061, 65.1063, 65.1065, 65.1066, 65.1070, 65.1072, 65.1073, 65.1074, 65.1075, 65.1090, 65.1099

Signed Jun (in Japanese, in block), Z. Sekino (in romanization, in block)

ProvenanceBy 1965, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA: 1965, by inheritance to his wife, Barbara Birkhoff Paine (b. 1909 - d. 1995), Cambridge, MA; 1965, gift of Mrs. Paine to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 1965)