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Men Dancing to Shamisen Music, from the series Famous Products of the Provinces (Shokoku meibutsu)


「諸国名物」 三味線の踊り (複製)
After: Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design
1890s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Michael and Barbara Stedman in memory of Pauline Epstein
Accession Number2009.5128
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, List of surimono copies in square format, #56
DescriptionGroup A copy. No recorded original.
Signed Ôju Hokkei sha
応需北渓写
ProvenanceBetween 1985 and 1995, gift of Pauline Epstein (d. 1995) to her daughter and son-in law, Barbara and Michael Stedman; 2009, gift of Barbara and Michael Stedman to the MFA. (Accession date: December 16, 2009)