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梅に鷹
Hawk on a Plum Branch
梅に鷹
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1796–1804 (Kansei 8–Kyôwa 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.3 x 22.2 cm (13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Tengu
Accession Number16.119
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #833; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 249.1.1; similar works: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 331-2
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
Provenance1915, purchased with funds from a group of anonymous donors (collectively "The Tengu") by the MFA. (Accession Date: June 1, 1916)