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「女織蚕手業草 七」
No. 7 from the series Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)
「女織蚕手業草 七」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1798–1800 (Kansei 10–12)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 26 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number19.153
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #105.7; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 138.2.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #453; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #155; the series:Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 325-6 (this design not shown)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 19.153, 21.7327, 34.247
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蚕の種を取図
簇物(まゆはるもの)より取時 形のよき蚕をゑらんで
糸にてくゝり釣置ハ蛾(ひが)の蝶になり
出る牝牡を一つにして紙に移し置ハ段々子を産付るなり
これをうハ子といふ
簇物(まゆはるもの)より取時 形のよき蚕をゑらんで
糸にてくゝり釣置ハ蛾(ひが)の蝶になり
出る牝牡を一つにして紙に移し置ハ段々子を産付るなり
これをうハ子といふ
Provenance1919, acquired by exchange from Yamanaka & Co. (Accession date: May 1, 1919)