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「東方美人之図」
Two Beauties, from the series Beauties of the Eastern Quarter (Tôhô bijin no zu)
「東方美人之図」
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1775 (An'ei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 25.8 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5859
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e taikei 3 (1976), #272; the series: Waterhouse, Images of Eighteenth-Century Japan (1975), #126 (this design mentioned but not illustrated)
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.