Toyohara Chikanobu
A Collection of Pictures of Chignon Wigs to Put On

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Artist Toyohara Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912)Japanese, 1838–1912

CultureJapanese

Titles

A Collection of Pictures of Chignon Wigs to Put On
Katsura-tsuke sokuhatsu zukai

Date1887

MediumWoodblock prints on paper

DimensionsSheet (Each): 14 1/16 × 9 3/16 in. (35.7 × 23.3 cm)
Overall: 14 1/16 × 27 9/16 in. (35.7 × 70 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Usha and Kumara Peddamathan, Leslie and Brad Bucher, Diane and H. John Riley Jr. in honor of Anne and Albert Chao, Raymond D. Brochstein, and Lenora Montgomery

Object number2022.35.A-.C

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Asian Art

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PRINTS

ProvenanceIn Japan before 2020; [Scholten Japanese Art, New York, 2020]; purchase by MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryNA
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Detailed inscriptions describing the hairstyles will need to be further translated

Each sheet signed Yoshu Chikanobu hitsu with artist's red Toshidama seal, block carver's seal Horiko Gin, and dated Meiji nijunen gogatsu (Meiji 20 [1887], 5th month) within the publisher's cartouche shuppanjin Hayashi Kichizo (Tsutaya Kichizo of Koeido)

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