Ôi of the Ebiya, from the series Selections from Six Houses of the Yoshiwara (Seirô rokkasen)

「青楼六家選　えひ屋　大井」

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Ômiya Gonkurô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1803 (Kyôwa 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.2 x 26.7 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Captain John C. Phillips

Accession Number18.306

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #314.6

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14366, 18.306

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

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