Ôtomo no Kuronushi, from the series Modern Children as the Six Poetic Immortals (Tôsei kodomo rokkasen)

DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

「当世子供六歌仙　大伴黒主」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 26.5 cm (15 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1769

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #265.3

DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1769 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.14187

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross