Ofuji of the Yanagi Shop
Ippitsusai Buncho · c. 1769
Provenance
Ownership history
- Yamanaka & Company, Boston; sold to Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, Jan. 1917; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Clark, Timothy T., Osamu Ueda and Donald Jenkins, "The Actor's Image", ed. Naomi Noble Richard (Chicago: Art Institute with Princeton University Press, 1994). plate 10
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