Gion Bean Curd, from the series Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza jûni-kô)

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Gion Bean Curd, from the series Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza jûni-kô)

「婦人手業拾二工」　祇園豆腐

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1798–99 (Kansei 10–11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6344

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #311; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #232.9; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 103.3.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #487

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

ProvenanceMarch 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from H. Appleton collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.