Narita Morikane
Paper Lantern

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Paper Lantern
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CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Paper Lantern
  • from the series Twenty-Four Figures of Charming Women
  • Adesugata Nijushiko: Chochin
Datec. 1931
MediumWoodblock print; color on kozo paper
DimensionsBlock: 15 × 10 in. (38.1 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (41.9 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Stewart Charity Fund
Object number2019.270
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Provenance[Scholten Japenese Art, New York, 2019]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: title printed in black, upper right edge: [Adesugata nijiushiko, Twenty-four examples of charming figures]
Verso: written in graphite, right bottom edge: Morikane
Verso: written in graphite, center bottom edge: ISH 02175642

Recto: artist’s signature printed in black, center right edge: [Morikane]
Recto: artist’s seal printed in red, center right edge: [Morikane]
Recto: printed in red, lower left edge: Publisher’s marks

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