The Sound of the Teahouse Bell (Chamise no kane no oto), from the series Eight Views of the Floating World (Ukiyo hakkei)

「浮世八景　茶屋の鐘の音」

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

Japanese

Edo period

about 1802 (Kyôwa 2)

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

Dimensions Hashira-e; 59.3 x 11.1 cm (23 1/3 x 4 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1489

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #680.3

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross