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巻物を読む美人と字を書く年上の女
Young Woman Reading as Older Woman Writes
巻物を読む美人と字を書く年上の女
Japanese
Edo period
1790s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35 x 23.3 cm (13 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.2158
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe composition suggests a pair of prints, 11.14282 and 21.6374, published about 1793–94 by Tsuruya Kiemon, that show beauties of the current generation paired with their counterparts of the previous generation.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし