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「女織蚕手業草 九」
No. 9 from the series Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)
「女織蚕手業草 九」
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 Number19.155
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #105.9; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 138.3.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #455; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #157; the series: Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #s 325-6 (this design not shown)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 19.155, 21.7329, 34.249
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繭を糸にくり取図
生繭を塩に浸すことあり
大き成壺の内底に竹の簀を入 其上に桐の葉を敷 又其上に繭を敷ならべ
また其上 桐の葉を敷て塩をふりかけ よく蓋をして上を泥にて塗ふさぎ
七日して取出し 釜に入 籰(わく)にかけて糸にくり取なり
生繭を塩に浸すことあり
大き成壺の内底に竹の簀を入 其上に桐の葉を敷 又其上に繭を敷ならべ
また其上 桐の葉を敷て塩をふりかけ よく蓋をして上を泥にて塗ふさぎ
七日して取出し 釜に入 籰(わく)にかけて糸にくり取なり
Provenance1919, acquired by exchange from Yamanaka & Co. (Accession date: May 1, 1919)