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A Female Ghost, from an untitled series of supernatural beings

A Female Ghost, from an untitled series of supernatural beings

化物絵　妖女

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 32 x 14.1 cm (12 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6349

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #667.3, and fig. 3; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 221.1.3; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #362

Signed Utamaro ga
歌麿画

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Vignier collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.