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Kyoto: The Customs of Palace Ladies-in-Waiting (Kyô, Goshokata jochû no fûzoku), from the book Onna geibun sansai zue, vol. 5


女芸文三才図会 「京 御所方女中風俗」
Tsukioka Settei (Japanese, 1710–1786)
Japanese
Edo period
1817 (Bunka 14), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions One page; 23.6 x 15.7 cm (9 5/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession NumberRES.53.215
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTwo pages shot together: RES.53.214 (left), RES.53.215 (right)
The intact book: 2009.3775.1-4 (volumes 2-5 only)
In this posthumous edition of the book, several pages at the beginning of each volume are printed in black, pink, and green, with the remaining illustrations in ink only. In the MFA impression of the book, these two illustrations are adjacent to each other, but their order is reversed.
Signed (this picture unsigned)
無款
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)