Flute Player, from an untitled set of Five Musicians (Gonin-bayashi)

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Flute Player, from an untitled set of Five Musicians (Gonin-bayashi)

五人囃子　笛

Attributed to: Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)

Japanese

Edo period

1780s (Tenmei era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.5 x 26.1 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5839

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 10, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, I (1988), pl. 93 A very similar, but not quite identical, series: Ukiyo-e taisei 6 (1930), #226

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13868, 21.5839

Signed Unsigned
無款

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.