Artist's Seal, 1935.
 
Hasui Kawase (Japan, 1883-1957) was one of the most prominent print designers of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement. In 1935 he designed a series of woodblock prints that focused on traditional Japanese dolls, including Imperial Palace dolls, known as gosho ningyo. This print comes from the series of 24 prints published in an album entitled Japanese Dolls: Gosho Ningyo.