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February: Playing Cards, from the series Japanese Beauties Month by Month

Onuma Chiyuki

Asian Art

MEDIUM Color woodblock print on paper
  • Place Made: Japan
  • DATES 1958
    DIMENSIONS Sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 in. (42.5 x 27.9 cm)  (show scale)
    MARKINGS Publisher: Shōbunsha
    SIGNATURE Chiyūki ga (千遊亀画)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2007.32.89
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Estate of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Onuma Chiyuki (Japanese, active 1950s). February: Playing Cards, from the series Japanese Beauties Month by Month, 1958. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 in. (42.5 x 27.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace, 2007.32.89. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.32.89_IMLS_PS3.jpg)
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    Onuma Chiyuki (Japanese, active 1950s). <em>February: Playing Cards, from the series Japanese Beauties Month by Month</em>, 1958. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 in. (42.5 x 27.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace, 2007.32.89. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.32.89_IMLS_PS3.jpg)