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Kintarô Combing the Hair of Yamauba


山姥と金太郎 髪結い
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Tôemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–1805 (Kansei 7–Bunka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 × 25.7 cm (14 5/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession Number1999.227
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #753; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 211.1.1
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenanceMary Stevenson Cassatt (b. 1844 - d. 1926); until 1999, by descent within the family of Mary Cassatt; 1999, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: June 23, 1999)