Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden (from the series Ichimura Theater)

Bunchō1770

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Title: Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden (from the series Ichimura Theater)
Creator: Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, dates unknown)
Date Created: 1770
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 32.8 x 14.9 cm (12 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Charles de Haviland [1839–1921], (Hotel Drouout, Paris, France, November 27, 1922 sale, lot 139), Louis Vernon Ledoux [1880–1948], New York, NY, Hans Popper [1903–1988], consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet for sale, (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, October 5, 1972 sale, lot 84), Eugene V. Thaw [1927–2018], New York, NY, The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Print
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.299
Medium: color woodblock print
Inscriptions: Signature: Ippitsusai Buncho ga. Artist Seal: Mori uji.
Department: Japanese Art
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
Collection: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1985.299

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