Believed to have been created by Robert Muller, two typed sheets included in portfolio case:
PORTFOLIO NO.63
ARTIST SUBJECT DATE
A complete set of the one hundred faces by Kiyochika consisting of two series as mentioned below:
Shinpan Sanju Nise, "New Edition 32 faces" consisting of eight sheets published by Hara Taneaki. Dated Meiji 15th year; and Sanju Niso Tsuika Hyakumanso, "Hundred Faces Supplements to thirty two faces" consisting of seventeen sheets published by two publishers Hara Saneaki and Morimoto Junsabure; dated Meiji 15th and 16th years.
The subject below mentioned is to correspond with the fiure first one from the left on the upper line of each sheet.
[Then follows the description/title of the upper left vignette of each print]
Signatures:
Hoensha kiyochika hitsu
Inscriptions:
Written vertically in pencil, presumably by Muller, along edge of bottom mat board:
2. Singing a "joruri"
2. Singing a "joruri"
Provenance:
To 2003
Robert O. Muller
From 2003
National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution by gift from Robert O. Muller [1]
Notes:
[1] Accessioned on December 6, 2003. See Acquisition Consideration Form, in object file. From 2003-2023, the object was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.
