Ohira Kasen
Three, Before the Mirror

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Three, Before the Mirror
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ArtistJapanese, 1900–1983
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Three, Before the Mirror
  • from the series Twenty-Four Figures of Charming Women
  • Adesugata Nijushiko: Kagami no mae, san
Datec. 1931
MediumWoodblock print; color on kozo paper
DimensionsBlock: 15 × 10 in. (38.1 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (39.1 × 26 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Stewart Charity Fund
Object number2019.263
Not on view

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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 san, Twenty-four examples of charming figures, number three]
Verso: written in graphite, right bottom edge: Kasen
Verso: written in graphite, center bottom edge: ISH 02175636

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

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Album
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Book
96.541