Narita Morikane
A Pair of Socks

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A Pair of Socks
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CultureJapanese
Titles
  • A Pair of Socks
  • from the series Twenty-Four Figures of Charming Women
  • Adesugata Nijushiko: Tabi
Datec. 1931
MediumWoodblock print; color on kozo paper
DimensionsBlock: 15 1/8 × 10 in. (38.4 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 3/4 × 11 3/8 in. (42.5 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Stewart Charity Fund
Object number2019.267
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, Twenty-four examples of charming figures]
Recto: artist’s signature printed in black, center right edge: [Morikane]
Verso: written in graphite, right bottom edge: Morikane
Verso: written in graphite, center bottom edge: ISH 02175639

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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