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「女織蚕手業草 六」
No. 6 from the series Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)
「女織蚕手業草 六」
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 26.2 cm (15 3/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number19.152
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #326; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #105.6; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 138.2.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #452; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #154
DescriptionMFA impressions: 19.152, 21.7326, 34.246
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蚕まゆを作る図
はい子といふ
広きふたの類に椎柴などの物を敷入て
ひきりたる蚕を置てわらをおゝいにしてまゆを張すなり
四五日もして後まゆを一つつゝもぎはなして取なり
まゆ張物を簇(ぞく)といふなり
はい子といふ
広きふたの類に椎柴などの物を敷入て
ひきりたる蚕を置てわらをおゝいにしてまゆを張すなり
四五日もして後まゆを一つつゝもぎはなして取なり
まゆ張物を簇(ぞく)といふなり
Provenance1919, acquired by exchange from Yamanaka & Co. (Accession date: May 1, 1919)