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Maker(s):Katsukawa Shunsho
Culture:Japanese (1726-1792)
Title:The Syllable Ni, from the series Furyu nishiki-e Ise Monogatari [Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Prints]
Date Made:1770-1775
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and color on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Sheet/Image: 8 13/16 in x 6 1/4 in; 22.4 cm x 15.9 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Shunsho ga]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Ni [ill.]].
Accession Number:  MH 1973.372.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
J-203. Presentation of chimaki sweets to a gentleman in courtly dress; poem cloud marked 'o' suggesting an iroha-karuta alphabet series of poems: poem or prose fragment

Subjects:
Wood-engraving

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