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「女織蚕手業草 壱」
No. 1 from the series Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)
「女織蚕手業草 壱」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–1800 (Kansei 10–12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39 x 26 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number19.147
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #325; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #105.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 138.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #447; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #149
DescriptionMFA impressions: 19.147, 21.7321, 34.241
Optionally, the series can be assembled into a continuous 12-sheet image.
Optionally, the series can be assembled into a continuous 12-sheet image.
Signed
Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
歌麿筆
Marks
No censor's seal
改印：なし
改印：なし
Inscriptions蚕種の紙に産み付けたるが三月中気穀雨前後に生まれ出るをかへるといふなり
既に帰り出て一番二番などゝ別ち折敷ヘ入 桑の葉をこまかにきざみあたふるなり
これを黒子とも壱つずへともいふなり
既に帰り出て一番二番などゝ別ち折敷ヘ入 桑の葉をこまかにきざみあたふるなり
これを黒子とも壱つずへともいふなり
Provenance1919, acquired by exchange from Yamanaka & Co. (Accession date: May 1, 1919)