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The Musashi Plain Episode of Tales of Ise

The Musashi Plain Episode of Tales of Ise

伊勢物語　武蔵野

Artist unknown, Japanese
Blockcutter: Yoshida Gyosen (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1765 (Meiwa 2)

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

Dimensions 20.8 x 18.3 cm (8 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8172

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #704; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 667

Signed Unsigned
無款

Marks Blockcutter: Chôkô Yoshida Gyosen

InscriptionsPoem: Musashino wa/ kyô wa na yaki so/ wakakusa no/ tsuma mo komoreri/ ware mo komoreri

ProvenanceJuly 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.