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Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1799–1800 (Kansei 11–12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.8 × 26.1 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession Number1999.229
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #364; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #313.6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 197.3.3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 18.310, 1999.229
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)