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高名茶屋女 腰掛美人
Woman Sitting on Edge of Veranda
高名茶屋女 腰掛美人
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798 (Kansei 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.7 x 26.3 cm (14 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14347
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #571.2; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 205.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #331 (1st ed.); Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #134 (this ed.)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14347, 21.6587 (reproduction)
The version reproduced in Yoshida 1941, probably the first edition, has letters on the sign at upper right that are omitted in this edition.
The version reproduced in Yoshida 1941, probably the first edition, has letters on the sign at upper right that are omitted in this edition.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.