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Edo: The Customs of Ladies-in-Waiting in the Mansions of the Daimyô (Edo, zashikikata jochû fûzoku), from the book Onna geibun sansai zue, vol. 5


女芸文三才図会 「江戸 座敷方女中風俗」
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; 23.3 x 16 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession NumberRES.53.217
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTwo pages shot together: RES.53.216 (left), RES.53.217 (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. These two illustrations are not adjacent to each other in the MFA impression of the book.
Signed (this picture unsigned)
無款
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)