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The Spirit-Returning Incense (Hangonkô)

The Spirit-Returning Incense (Hangonkô)

返魂香

Attributed to: Komatsuken (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1765 (Meiwa 2)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.8 x 18.8 cm (10 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8170

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #640; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 616; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 174, #4A

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8170 (right sheet only), 67.650-1 (complete diptych)

Numbers for the long and short months are hidden in the clothing patterns.

Signed Unsigned
無款

Marks Collector's seal: (illegible)

ProvenanceMarch 1921, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at the Buckingham sale; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.