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Clothes rack, kimono robe, and smoking chest
Clothes rack, kimono robe, and smoking chest

Clothes rack, kimono robe, and smoking chest

Artist (Japanese, 1780 - 1850)
Place of OriginJapan
MaterialsInk and colors on paper
DimensionsH. 7 7/8 in x W. 6 3/4 in, H. 20 cm x W. 17.1 cm (image); H. 18 1/2 in x W. 12 3/4 in, H. 47 cm x W. 32.4 cm (frame)
Credit LineBequest of Marjorie Walter Bissinger
Object number2010.199
DepartmentJapanese Art
ClassificationsPrints And Drawings
On View
Not on view
Inscribed"Nigenaki mono onna no uchiyori te yorokobe ru engi" An becoming thing: women gathering to delight in an omen.(quoted from the Pillow Book of Sei Sho_nagon) "Fuji no kataTsukuba no kata moHikikakeru Kasumi no kinu wa Waga nenu de yoshi" It is fortunate I need not sleep in the robe of mist cloaks Mt. Fuji and Mt. Tsukuba. (by Ittei Hajime) O_ju Hokkei ga (Drawn upon request by Hokkei) "Mutsumigawa bantsuzuki" (series for the Mitsumi poetry circle)" sealed in red "Makura so_shi" (Pillow Book of Sei Sho_nagon) sealed in red. (M. Rinne 7-11-2010, per Minneapolis Institute of Arts record for Accession Number: 96.146.287) Note: Minneapolis Institute of Arts print listed as "AfterTotoya Hokkei" and dated 1890s. To be accessioned into permanent collection 8-30-2010; however needs further research and catalogueing. (M. Rinne 7-11-2010)