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Carpenter (Banshô, Banjô), from the series Ten Kinds of People (Jinbutsu jûban tsuzuki)


「人物十番つゞき 番匠」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1820 (Bunsei 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.9 x 18.6 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line General Funds
Accession Number00.1914
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Forrer, Surimono (2013), #288; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #143
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1914, 21.9272

Poem by Shôhakuen Chihide.
Signed Hokkei
北渓
ProvenanceJanuary 1900, purchased at the Brinkley-Condor Sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 9, 1900)