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Mirror of Elegance (Furyu kesho kagami) by Tamagawa Shûchô
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Mirror of Elegance (Furyu kesho kagami)

Tamagawa Shûchô · c. 1795

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Ownership history

  1. Yamanaka & Company, Boston; sold to Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, June 27, 1917; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

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Artist

Tamagawa Shûchô

Date

c. 1795

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

38.8 × 25.6 cm (15 5/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Department

Arts of Asia

Culture / origin

Japan

Credit line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

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