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Yuya Gozen, from the book Ehon tokiwagusa (The Evergreens: A Picture Book), vol. I


絵本常盤草 「熊野御前」
Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671–1750)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1730 (Kyôhô 15)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions Two ôhon pages; 23 x 33 cm (9 1/16 x 13 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession NumberRES.53.226
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Keyes, Ehon (2006), #14; Toda, Ryerson cat. (1931), pp. 131-3
DescriptionMFA impressions:
The intact book: 2006.1343.1-3 (complete), 2006.1593 (vol. I only)
Illustrations cut out of book and mounted as prints: 21.6216 to 21.6225; 53.2804a-b to 53.2809; RES.50.109; RES.53.226 to RES.53.232a-b

These pages: 21.6217, RES.53.226

Most of the illustrations in Vol. I are labelled with the names of famous women of the past. Vol. II shows present-day women, and Vol. III shows courtesans.
Signed (this picture unsigned)
無款
Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)