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

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25.8 cm (14 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Captain John C. Phillips
Accession Number18.310
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #81; Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #364; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #313.6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 197.3.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #698
DescriptionMFA impressions: 18.310, 1999.229
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
Provenance1918, gift of Captain John C. Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 16, 1918)