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The White Surcoat, from the series New Patterns of Brocade Woven in Utamaro Style (Nishiki-ori Utamaro-gata shin-moyô)


「錦織歌麿形新模様」 白うちかけ
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1796–98 (Kansei 8–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.3 x 25.8 cm (15 1/2 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6345
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano & Clark, Passionate Art (1995), #274; Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #94.2.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 132.1.2; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #260; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #74
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.14006, 21.6345
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.