Combing the Hair, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sôgaku juttai)

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Combing the Hair, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sôgaku juttai)

「婦人相学拾躰」　髪すき

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Tôemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1802–03 (Kyôwa 2–3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 26.3 cm (14 11/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Captain John C. Phillips

Accession Number18.304

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #406; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #326.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 65.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #581; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #245

Signed Kansô Utamaro (Utamaro the physiognomist)
観相歌麿

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

Provenance1918, gift of Captain John C. Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 16, 1918)