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No. 4, from the series Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa, dai-shi)
Woodblock print
Signed Kitao Shigemasa ga
Circa 1772

From a series of twelve chuban prints illustrating the cultivation of silkworms, with six by Kitao Shigemasa and six by Katsukawa Shunsho. It is known in several editions, the first dating to around 1772 to which the present example belongs. It was reprinted in 1776 and then later in 1786.

For the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.19590, go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/no-4-from-the-series-silkworm-cultivation-kaiko-yashinai-gusa-212182
Vertical chuban: 24.7 x 18.6 cm. (9 ¾ x 7 ⅜ in.)


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