Narita Morikane
Combing Her Hair

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Artist Narita Morikane (Japanese)Japanese

CultureJapanese

Titles

Combing Her Hair
from the series Twenty-Four Figures of Charming Women
Adesugata Nijushiko: Kamisuki

Datec. 1931

MediumWoodblock print; color on kozo paper

DimensionsBlock: 15 × 9 7/8 in. (38.1 × 25.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 11 1/8 in. (42.2 × 28.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Stewart Charity Fund

Object number2019.268

Not on view

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

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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 02175634

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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