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「咲分けヶ言葉の花 かゝア」
The Wife (Kakaa), from the series Variegations of Blooms According to their Speech (Saki-wake kotoba no hana)
「咲分けヶ言葉の花 かゝア」
Japanese
Edo period
1802 (Kyôwa 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 26.2 cm (14 9/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Captain John C. Phillips
Accession Number18.311
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #402 (this design described but not illustrated); Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #501.8; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 75.2.4; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #262
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
Provenance1918, gift of Captain John C. Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 16, 1918)