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Maker(s):Eijuken
Culture:Japanese
Title:Untitled [Otafuku Mask]
Date Made:1804
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Place Made:Edo
Measurements:sheet: 3 13/16 in x 5 1/4 in ; 9.7 cm x 13.3 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1990.147
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
surimono; egoyomi; yatsugiri-ban; moji-e

Label Text:
The mask is made of the numbers of the short months. The long months are concealed in the verse. Eijuken may be a pseudonum of the publisher Nishimaya Yohachi (firm name Eijudō). - BB, 2014

Tags:
calligraphy; masks; text; red

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